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Cook County Sheriff's Office warn of phone scam
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Washington Post
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Police say a pediatrician killed her daughter, 4, and staged her drowning
Police arrested a doctor from Oklahoma City this week, accusing her of killing her 4-year-old daughter, who was found floating in the pool of their Miami rental home. Neha Gupta, 36, was arrested Tuesday and will be charged with first-degree murder, the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said in a statement, adding that officers had responded to a 911 call saying a child was drowning in a swimming pool.
