On June 27, 2025, around 3:30 a.m., 36-year-old Dr. Neha Gupta, a pediatrician from Oklahoma City, called 911.
She reported that her 4-year-old daughter, Aria Talathi, had drowned in the swimming pool of their short-term rental in El Portal, Florida.
According to call records obtained by investigators, Dr. Gupta said she was awakened around 3:20 a.m. by an unknown noise and found the sliding glass door to the backyard open.
She claimed she went outside and found her daughter submerged in the pool, as reported by Law&Crime.
She told authorities she tried to rescue her daughter but was unsuccessful because she couldn't swim.
Ten minutes later, she eventually called 911 for help, and first responders from the El Portal Police Department and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived at the Northwest 90th Street residence within minutes.
Emergency personnels arrived to find the young child still submerged in the deep end of the pool, unresponsive and showing no signs of life.
They quickly pulled Aria from the water and began CPR along with other life-saving measures.
Despite their efforts both at the scene and during transport, doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center pronounced her dead at 4:28 a.m.—less than an hour after the 911 call was made.
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| The Pool where the victim was discovered |
When she was questioned by investigators, Gupta gave a detailed account of what happened before the tragedy.
She said they spent the day at the beach, went on a jet ski ride, had dinner around 9 p.m.
According to her, they went to bed in the master bedroom around 12:30 a.m., but she later woke around 3 a.m. to find the sliding door open and her daughter drowned in the pool.
At first, it appeared to be a heartbreaking accident—until the autopsy results uncovered disturbing details
What is even more alarming is that the medical examiner discovered that Aria’s stomach was empty, contradicting Gupta’s statement that they had eaten dinner just hours earlier.
Following the autopsy results, criminal investigators now believe the child was already dead before being placed in the pool—suggesting the drowning was staged to hide the true cause of death.
Authorities have not confirmed the exact cause of Aria’s death, but they have clearly stated that she did not die from drowning.
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| Dr Neha Gupta |
As detectives continued their investigation, they discovered that Gupta was involved in a bitter custody battle with her ex-husband, Dr. Saurabh Talathi.
According to KOCO 5 News, Court records described it as a "highly contentious" two-year custody battle.
During that time, a judge denied Gupta’s request for sole custody and ordered her to pay $79,000 in legal fee.
Additionally, investigators discovered that she had taken Aria out of town without notifying the father, who also shared legal custody at the time.
After their investigation, authorities obtained an arrest warrant for Gupta, who had already left Florida and returned to her home in Oklahoma.
With the help of the U.S. Marshals and the local police department, detectives located her in Oklahoma City.
She is now awaiting extradition to Florida, where she faces first-degree murder charges, as per an official press release.
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