In June 2025, an Indian-origin doctor called up emergency services in the US, reporting the death of her four-year-old daughter. Now, authorities have released her 911 call, which reveals exactly what happened before the doctor drowned her four-year-old daughter.
The case dates back to June 2025 when Dr Neha Gupta told investigators that her daughter Aria Talathi, accidentally wandered out of their rental home in Florida and fell into the swimming pool without her knowledge.
Here is all you need to know about the chilling call made to the authorities.
What does the call reveal?
It has been nearly a year since Indian-origin paediatrician, Dr Neha Gupta, has been accused of killing her four-year-old daughter in Florida. Now, a chilling call made by the 37-year-old doctor during the incident has been released by the authorities.
In the call, Dr Neha Gupta recounts hearing a noise while they were asleep and finding the girl in the pool. She says she attempted to rescue her, but does not know how to swim, and the girl slipped beneath the surface.
“We were sleeping, and I heard some noise. She was in the pool, and I tried to save her, but I don’t know how to swim. She went down in the pool,” she told the dispatcher.
Asked if anyone else was there to assist, Gupta said it was only the two of them. She added that she had done everything she could to get the girl out.
The 911 operator asks if she can use something to pull her daughter from the pool. “Can we find something to pull her out? Is there like a stick, like a pool stick, like if you’re cleaning out the pool? You need to try to get her out of the water.”
Gupta inquired about the Emergency Medical Services (EMS), asking if the operator knew how far they were. The operator replied, “They’re on the way, they’re on the way, but you need to try to help her.”
The dispatcher then asked her about the dimensions of the pool and if the girl was on the shallow or the deep end. “I think it’s nine feet, I don’t know how deep,” Gupta said. “Ok, you need to try to get her out, ma’am,” the dispatcher said again.
Gupta responded, “Yeah, I’m trying.” Moments later, when police officers arrived, Gupta went to open the door for them. The officers were then heard getting her daughter out of the water.
What was the case?
It was in the early hours of June 27, 2025, when Neha Gupta called 911 to inform them that her four-year-old daughter was lying at the bottom of the pool at their vacation rental in El Portal, Florida.
Upon their arrival, emergency crews were directed by Gupta to the backyard pool, where Aria Talathi was discovered unresponsive. The four-year-old received CPR and was rushed to the hospital, but doctors were unable to save her.
According to news reports, Gupta and her daughter travelled from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and were staying at a short-term rental. Gupta shared custody of her daughter with her ex-husband, Saurabh Talathi. Talathi said he had no knowledge that his daughter had left Oklahoma and said the couple was locked in a custody dispute.
A police affidavit reported that the autopsy determined the child’s lungs and stomach were “dry,” eliminating drowning as the cause of death. It further stated that the medical examiner documented cuts within the mouth and bruising of the cheeks, findings consistent with asphyxiation by smothering.
Gupta was arrested on July 2, 2025, by Homicide Bureau detectives with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office in relation to her daughter’s death.
Gupta and her lawyers maintain that Aria’s death was an accident. She is due back in court in May.
Have there been similar cases?
Earlier, an Indian-origin woman was arrested in New Jersey for murdering her two young children. Investigation revealed that Priyatharsini Natarajan of Hillsborough, New Jersey, caused the death of her two children.
Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said in a statement that on January 13, 2026, at approximately 6:45 pm, an individual, believed to be the children’s father, made a 911 call to law enforcement.
In yet another case, an Indian-origin couple was charged with the murder of their three-year-old daughter last year. They were accused of “deliberately starving” the toddler in London. The couple were additionally charged with manslaughter, causing or allowing the death of a child, and abandoning a child or causing them unnecessary suffering or injury.
With inputs from agencies
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