US EditionMother Arrested Following 4-Year-Old’s Death, Police Say
EL PORTAL, FLORIDA, JUL 2 – Dr. Neha Gupta faces first-degree murder charges after allegedly smothering her daughter and staging the death as a drowning amid a custody dispute, Miami-Dade officials said.
- Dr. Neha Gupta, a 36-year-old pediatrician from Oklahoma City, was taken into custody on Tuesday following the drowning of her 4-year-old daughter at a short-term rental property in El Portal, Florida, on June 27.
- The arrest followed a weeks-long investigation in which Florida law enforcement obtained a first-degree murder warrant as Gupta traveled back to Oklahoma and awaits extradition to Miami-Dade County.
- Police arrived around 4:30 a.m. in response to a 911 call about a child found unresponsive in a pool at a vacation rental, and emergency personnel transported the girl to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she was later declared deceased.
- Gupta's attorney called the death a "horrible accident," while authorities emphasized that even brief unsupervised moments near water risk drowning, consistent with the state's highest national under-5 drowning rate and a recent third drowning in three weeks.
- The case highlights ongoing local calls for vigilant child supervision near water, as Gupta awaits formal murder charges and a July 17 court date concerning related child neglect.
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Pediatrician murdered daughter, staged drowning on FL trip: Police
EL PORTAL, Fla. (Court TV) — An Oklahoma pediatrician is facing murder charges in Florida after police say she killed her 4-year-old daughter and then staged the scene to look like a drowning. Dr. Neha Gupta was arrested in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, on July 1 and will be extradited to Miami-Dade County, Florida, to face charges. Dr. Neha Gupta was arrested in Oklahoma on charges she murdered her 4-year-old daughter in Florida. (Oklahoma County …
Pediatrician allegedly smothered 4-year-old daughter, staged death as drowning: Police
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Doctor 'drowned four-year-old daughter at Airbnb then staged her death to look like accident' - The Mirror
Doctor Neha Gupta, 36, allegedly orchestrated the drowning of her own daughter Aria during a family trip to South Florida - and now faces a first-degree murder charge
A Oklahoma doctor is accused of traveling to South Florida and simulating the death of her four-year-old daughter to make it look like she drowned in the middle of the night in the pool of a rented vacation home, detectives say. 36-year-old pediatrician Dr. Neha Gupta was admitted Tuesday to Oklahoma County Prison, in the city of the same name. She is charged with premeditated homicide in Miami-Dade County, according to an arrest warrant. Gupta …
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