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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ed White and Jacques Billeaud

No charges for parents whose toddler was alive after being declared dead at the hospital

No charges will be filed against the parents of an Arizona toddler who was declared dead after being found unresponsive in a family pool, only to be discovered breathing hours later at a hospital morgue.

Gilbert police had recommended negligence charges in the extraordinary case. However, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell stated that securing a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt was unlikely.

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