Overview
- Dr. Neha Gupta, 37, is charged with second-degree murder after 4-year-old Aria Talathi was found unresponsive in a rental pool in El Portal, Florida, on June 27, 2025.
- In the recording, Gupta tells the dispatcher, “She is at the bottom of the pool… I tried to save her, but I don’t know how to swim.”
- An affidavit cites autopsy results showing no water in the child’s lungs or stomach and injuries in the mouth and cheeks, findings investigators say indicate smothering.
- Arrest documents allege the scene was staged to resemble an accidental drowning, contradicting Gupta’s statement that the child wandered into the pool while they slept.
- The child’s father says he did not know she had been taken from Oklahoma during a custody dispute, and Gupta remains held without bond with a hearing set for May 2026.