'Killer' Pediatrician's Horrifying 911 Call Released

She was in the pool. I tried to save. her, but I I don't know how this went. >> Newly released 911 audio reveals the. frantic moments accused killer. pediatrician Dr. Niha Gupta told. dispatchers her four-year-old daughter. was at the bottom of a pool. But. investigators claim what she described. as a drowning was something far more. sinister. We are going to walk you. through the critical moments of that. call. A key piece of evidence minute by. minute. Welcome to Sidebar, presented by. Law and Crime. I'm Jesse Weber.

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four-year-old daughter Arya during what. was supposed to be just a motheraughter. beach trip to Florida. A little girl. found dead in a pool and a medical. examiner who says she didn't drown, that. she was actually dead before she ever. even hit that water. That what happened. in that backyard wasn't an accident. it. was staged. That is the allegation that. we are hearing from authorities. So now. what are we talking about? We have just.

gotten our hands on something that we. haven't aired before. And I believe this. is going to be a critical piece of. evidence. The actual 911 call, the one. that was placed by Gupta herself in the. early morning hours of June 27th, 2025. the call that she made while claiming. that her daughter was drowning while. first responders were racing to that. rental home. And here's the thing, as. you're listening to this, you'll hear. things that knowing what we know now.

from the autopsy or seemingly what's. being claimed from the autopsy, from the. investigation, they hit completely. differently. So, I want to play you a. little bit of that for you right here. And obviously, we'll talk more about it. >> I found the S, but I I can't move her. What can I do? >> You need to try to get her out, ma'am. >> Yeah, I'm trying. I'm going to go in try. to get her. >> Okay. Yes, I need you to try to get in. now. Try to get her out.

>> H Yeah. So, here's what we know from the. arrest warrant. Okay. And by the way, these are just allegations, but this is. from authorities. Despite what you just. heard her say there that she was going. to go in and get her, she apparently. told investigators later on she couldn't. swim. That's why she couldn't pull her. daughter out. And so when you hear her. say that she's going in, what exactly. was the plan, right? That's just one. moment. There are a lot more. And we're. going to play it all out for you. I want.

to lay out what is being alleged. according to police up until that 911. phone call. Okay? So, it starts in late. June of 2025. Dr. Niha Gupta, a. pediatrician from Oklahoma, travels with. her four-year-old daughter, Arya, to a. short-term rental home in Elportal, Florida. It's a little town just outside. of Miami. Now, on paper, supposed to be. a motheraughter beach getaway, quality. time, a nice thing. But here is the. first apparent red flag, and. investigators would learn this later, that Arya's father, Gupta's ex-husband,

had no idea that they'd even left. Oklahoma. no idea that his daughter was. in another state. And that's important. because the two of them were apparently. in the middle of a brutal custody battle. back home where Arya's father was even. requesting for the court to order Gupta, Niha Gupta, to submit to a psychological. evaluation. And we're going to come back. to that. But we go now to the early. morning hours, June 27th, 2025, around. 3:40 a.m. Police and fire rescue get. called to that rental home. And the.

person who made that call, again, Dr. Nha Gupta. She is reporting that her. daughter has drowned in the pool. Let's. listen. >> Miami date Sheriff's Office. What's the. address? The emergency. >> Sorry, this is City of Miami doing a. transfer. She said her daughter is at. the bottom of the pool. She's on the. line. >> I tried to get her out. >> What? >> Yes. >> Okay. Tell me exactly what happened. >> So, uh, we were sleeping and I heard.

some noise. She was in the pool. I tried. to save her but I I don't know how this. work. She went down on the pool. >> Okay. Is anyone able to get her out? >> No, it's just but both of us here. It's. a Airbnb. It's just two of it was just me. >> Just you? Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> I tried my best to get it out. >> Okay. Stay on the lounge with me here. And you're with the patient now. Is that. correct? >> Yes. >> Okay. Stay on the lounge with me. I'm. getting up on the way. One moment.

One moment. >> How old is your daughter? >> Four. >> Four years old. >> At this point, the dispatcher shifts. gears and she asks Gupta if there's a. pool skimmer, something anything that. she can use to try and reach her. daughter. >> Okay. Is there any Is there like a a a a. stick like the like with the pool stick?

Like if you're cleaning out the pool? >> I don't know. Let me check. Look on the. wall or on the side out there by the. pool. You need to try to get her out of. the water. >> Yeah. I don't see anything. It's like. Okay. Find something to see if you can. try to pull her out with. >> Okay.

Do you know how far EMS or somebody can. get. >> on the way, ma'am? Oh, they're on the. way. But you need to try to help her. Find any way you can to try to get her. out. >> One second. Oh.

I found the stick, but I I can't move. her. What can I do? Hello.

Hello. >> So, the dispatcher then tries a. different approach and she needs to know. exactly where in the pool Arya is. The. shallow end, the deep end, 3 feet, six. feet, because that changes everything. about how first responders are going to. approach this when they arrive. But what. happens next? I have to tell you is. incredibly hard to listen to. >> Okay. What side of the pool is she on? Is she in the three feet side? Is she in. the six feet? What part?

>> I think it's 9 ft. I don't know how. deep. There no measures here, but the. pool is 9 ft deeper. >> Okay. You need to try to get her out, ma'am. >> Yeah, I'm trying. >> Do you know how long she's been inside. the pool? >> What? >> Do you know how long she's been inside. the pool? I don't know.

>> I'm going to I'm going to try to get. her. >> Okay. Yes. I need you to try to get in. there. Try to get her out.

I cannot go down. >> Okay. Did you. >> I don't know how to swim. >> Okay. Can we find something to try to. pull her out with?

on each. >> Okay. See if you could try to if you. could try to like pull her out or or or. push her out to the to to to the other. side to the to the to the side that's. not as deep so you can get her.

>> Okay. Just keep trying. I got help on. the way.

How you doing? Okay. The PE the the police is outside. Are they able to get inside the house to. get to to get to the baby? >> I'm going to open the door. >> Okay. Go open the door.

talking. >> Yeah, I could knock that down. >> Okay. How long? >> I don't know.

You have no idea how long. >> 20 minutes. >> Now, it may have been hard to hear, but. at the very end when the dispatcher asks. again how long Arya has been in the. pool, Gupta says she doesn't know. and. then adds maybe 20 minutes. 20 minutes.

That's a critical detail because it. becomes part of her statement to. investigators. So, police are now inside. the home. They pull Arya from the pool. She's rushed to the hospital, but it's. too late. She's pronounced dead at 4:28. a.m. That same day, Gupta voluntarily. goes to the police station with her. attorney, and she gives a statement. And. her story matches what we heard on that. call that she was sleeping, woke up, found her daughter in the pool, tried to.

help, couldn't swim, called 911. But two. days later, everything changes. Sunday, June 29th, the Miami Dade Medical. Examiner performs the autopsy. And what. she finds doesn't line up with a. drowning at all. No water in Arya's. lungs, according to this report. No. water in her stomach. Medically. speaking, her lungs were dry. And that's. not all. There were also apparently cuts. inside of Arya's mouth, bruising within. her cheeks. Injuries that the examiner.

says are not from CPR, not from rescue. efforts. Her preliminary opinion, those. injuries are consistent with. asphixxiation by smothering. Her. conclusion, Arya was already dead before. she was ever placed in that pool. So on. Monday, June 30th, based on those. findings, an arrest warrant is issued. for Niha Gupta firstderee murder. But. remember, Gupt is back in Oklahoma by. now. So on July 1st, US Marshalss and. Oklahoma City police, they show up at. her home to make the arrest. And that.

part, by the way, was captured on bodywn. camera. >> Police with a warrant. OPEN THE DOOR. DO. IT NOW. >> Come to the door. Turn around. >> NA, COME TO THE FRONT DOOR. DO IT NOW. >> FOR US MARSHALS, WE HAVE A WARRANT FOR. YOUR ARREST. COME TO THE FRONT DOOR. DO.

IT NOW. >> We saw her. back.

Watch the inside.

We got y'all's light over here.

>> Want us to move up? Let's. push this closet. >> Yes, it does kind of come back around. So, just hold what you got there.

hallway that go after the garage. >> Yeah. >> Hey, we're going to clear this garage. So, back up a little bit. >> Okay. Look at this.

What's on it? Still not contact. We're opening up these doors. Open up.

doors. Hands. Hands come out. >> Contact on the ground. >> Come here.

>> Keep clearing the rest of her out. She hasn't been checking. >> Yeah. They find her in the laundry room, arguably hiding. I'm sure her defense. council will say differently, but that's. where they take her into custody. And I. mentioned earlier that Gupta was. initially charged with first-degree. murder. That wouldn't last. This is.

weird. So, in the weeks that followed, the charge would shift. And more than. once, by the way, it's not unusual for. prosecutors to upgrade or downgrade. charges, but this one's a little. different. So, at an August 7th hearing, prosecutors announced that they were. dropping the firstdegree murder charge. and filing a different charge, aggravated manslaughter of a child. Manslaughter, you know, reckless. conduct. It's different than murder. where you're talking about intent. Six. days later, changed again. They dropped. the manslaughter charge and filed a new.

count, secondderee murder. And that is. where it currently stands. Now, the last. time we covered this case, there was. surveillance footage that had been. released from the rental property. And. it seemingly showed Arya in the days. before she died, arriving with her. mother. There's a food delivery. There's. a diaper change. Then you have Arya. being carried inside for the last time. Ordinary moments. But knowing now how. the story ends, this is very haunting to.

watch. And to understand why. investigators saw something beyond just. a tragic accident, you have to. understand the backdrop against which. this whole situation unfolded. The. backdrop is this custody battle that I. mentioned before, a bitter one. Because. back in Oklahoma, Gupta and her husband, her ex-husband, they were locked in, according to court records, these fights. over primary custody, over daycare, over. attorney's fees. But in the months that. led up to that Florida trip, things just. escalated. In April, Arya's father filed.

a motion to enforce a psychological. evaluation of his ex-wife, Niha Gupta, citing alarming behavior. The filing. stated unreasonable positions on issues. concerning the child, unusual mood. swings, and erratic behavior raising. concern for the safety of the minor. child, extreme conflict and. defensiveness with almost all persons. caring and providing insight for the. minor child. The motion went further, asserting that Gupta's behavior led him. to believe, quote, "She has mental. health issues that are not being. treated, that an evaluation of her.

mental health is crucial to ensure the. safety of the minor child." And then in. May, an Oklahoma judge granted an. emergency order awarding temporary sole. custody to the father. The reason stated. was, quote, "The court finds that an. emergency exists and that the respondent. will continue to interfere with medical. treatment of the minor child." So that's. what was going on when Gupta took Arya. to Florida. She was under a court order. concerning medical interference, had a. pending request for a psychological. evaluation hanging over her, and had.

just lost temporary custody. And Gupta. remains behind bars in Miami Dade. County, awaiting trial on that. seconddegree murder charge. I believe. that that 911 phone call will be a key. piece of evidence in her case. Her. attorney maintains that Arya's death was. just a tragic accident that. investigators rushed to judgment. She's. due back in court in May for a hearing. and if we find any updates, we'll make. sure to cover them here on Sidebar. But. that's all we have for you right now. Thank you so much for joining us and as. always, please subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcast, Spotify, wherever you.

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