12-year-old US girl dies after parents use smoothies to treat 'life-threatening' injuries
Mugshots of girl's parents
A 12-year-oldgirl in the United Statesdied after suffering from “life-threatening” injuries as her parents tried to treat her with some smoothies, instead of proper medical help.
The heartbreaking incident took place in the US state of Texas, where the teen girl identified asMiranda Sipps died at a hospital on Monday (Aug 12), officials said.
Miranda was found dead after herparents called emergency services for help when she was unable to breathe. This occurred four days after the teen had suffered said injuries.
This might sound like a common death from a disease or injury, but that’s not what this is. After Miranda’s mother made the call, she strangely left the house with the girl in a car as she didn’t want policemen inside the house.
While chasing the mother, her car was stopped by police near a highway and Miranda was found unconscious but alive inside the car. She was immediately taken to the hospital but declared dead soon after.
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Investigation revealed that the mother, Denise Balbaneda (36) and Miranda’s stepfather Gerald Gonzalez (40), did not seek medical help for the girl during the four days while she was “mentally and physically incapacitated and non-responsive,” said the local officials.
Even after dealing with severe injuries for four days, the couple kept their daughter at home and allegedly fed her smoothies and vitamins even though she wasn’t responsive. They even tried to give her oxygen in an attempt to revive her, officials alleged.
"Basically they thought they could nurse her back to health and we do not think they wanted the attention that this would draw if the little girl was injured," Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward told local media.
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The parents told authorities that over the four days, their daughter could only "flutter her eyes and move her hands a little bit".
While it is not clear how she sustained those severe injuries, an autopsy is being conducted to find out the nature of her wounds.
Meanwhile, Miranda’s mother and stepfather have been arrested and charged one count of injury to a child causing serious bodily injury by omission.
(With inputs from agencies)