12-year-old Texas lady dies after dad and mom attempt to deal with life-threatening accidents with smoothies

The mom and stepfather of a 12-year-old Texas lady have been arrested on a felony cost after she died from critical accidents they tried to deal with with smoothies for 4 days as a substitute of searching for medical consideration, police stated.

Miranda Sipps, a cheerleader at Jourdanton Junior Excessive Faculty in Christine, Texas, was pronounced lifeless at 9:55 p.m. on Aug. 12 after being taken unconscious to the hospital, in accordance with a news release by Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward.

Her mom known as 911 lower than two hours earlier than the lady’s dying and met emergency responders on an area freeway to have them attend to Sipps, who was alive however unconscious, police stated.

Investigators decided that Sipps suffered critical, life-threatening accidents on Aug. 8, and her dad and mom “failed to hunt medical consideration” for 4 days though the lady was “incapacitated and non-responsive,” per the discharge.

The cheerleader’s mom, Denise Balbaneda, 36, lastly known as 911 when Sipps went into respiratory misery, police stated.

Soward stated at a information convention on Aug. 15 that he’s “not 100% certain” how the accidents occurred. He stated the police investigation discovered that the lady was “not speaking” and will solely “flutter her eyes and transfer her palms a bit bit” whereas laying on a pallet of their house over the four-day interval earlier than her mom known as 911. No different kids have been within the house on the time, Soward stated.

The sheriff added that the dad and mom have been attempting to deal with the injured lady by having her drink smoothies.

“They have been attempting to offer her smoothies, however any individual who’s unconscious shouldn’t be capable of swallow,” Soward stated.

He added that the mom and stepfather “confessed” about failing to behave to get their daughter medical consideration.

Balbaneda and Sipps’ stepfather, Gerald Gonzales, 40, have been each arrested on Aug. 13 and charged with damage to a baby inflicting critical bodily damage by omission, a first-degree felony, police stated.

After calling 911, Balbaneda met police and emergency responders on the freeway together with her daughter, moderately than having them come to their house. Soward known as their house “unkempt” and “form of soiled.”

“Principally, they thought they may nurse her again to well being, and we don’t assume they needed the eye that this may draw to them if the little lady was injured,” Soward stated.

Hospital employees tried to save lots of the lady for an hour earlier than declaring her lifeless, Soward stated. He added that there have been no damaged bones, and an post-mortem report is pending.

The sheriff didn’t present extra particulars, saying solely that it had nothing to do with something involving the lady’s college.

A GoFundMe was created by Sipps’ aunt, Pricilla Chapa, to assist cowl funeral prices.

“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we share the information of our beloved niece Miranda’s passing,” the fundraiser acknowledged. “She was taken from us far too quickly in an surprising approach, forsaking a legacy of affection, laughter, and recollections that we are going to cherish without end.”

As of Aug. 13, bond had not been set for Balbaneda and Gonzales. As of Aug. 16, the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Workplace didn’t know if that they had retained counsel and had no updates to offer TODAY.com.

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