Surveillance Video Shows Toddler's Final Moments Before Mother Allegedly Killed Her

Tragic Events in El Portal

• 💔 Heart-wrenching surveillance video has been released, showing the final days of 4-year-old Aria Talathi.
• 🏠 The video captures ordinary moments between Aria and her mother, Niha Gupta, at a short-term rental in El Portal.
• 📅 Over two days, the footage shows the mother and daughter arriving, receiving a food delivery, and the mother carrying a tired Aria inside, marking the last time she was seen alive.

Allegations and Investigation

• 🚨 Authorities allege that Niha Gupta, an Oklahoma pediatrician, smothered her daughter and staged the death to look like an accidental drowning.
• 🏊 First responders were called to the home on June 27th after reports of an unresponsive child in the backyard pool.
• 🚑 Aria was pronounced dead at the hospital, and Gupta was later arrested at her Oklahoma home.

Defense and Medical Examiner's Findings

• ⚖️ Gupta has maintained her innocence, suggesting Aria had a late dinner and accidentally fell into the pool.
• 🔬 However, the medical examiner found no food in the child's stomach to support the dinner claim, and her lungs were dry, indicating she did not drown.
• 🔒 Niha Gupta is currently held in South Florida and has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder charges.