MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) — An Oklahoma pediatrician accused of killing her 4-year-old daughter was booked into jail early Thursday morning, jail records showed.
Dr. Neha Gupta was charged with first-degree murder after investigators said she smothered her daughter, 4-year-old Aria Talathi, to death and placed her in a pool while staying at a vacation rental home in El Portal, Florida, on June 27.
According to an arrest affidavit obtained by NBC affiliate WTVJ, Gupta had traveled to Miami from Oklahoma to stay at a rental home on Northwest 90 Street.
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The arrest warrant said Gupta told police that she and her daughter had fallen asleep in a bedroom in the rental home. Around 3:30 p.m., the mother said she saw her daughter had wandered onto the patio and was under water in the pool…