An Oklahoma pediatrician arrested in the drowning death of her young daughter in El Portal is no longer facing a murder charge.

Dr. Neha Gupta is accused of killing her daughter, 4-year-old Aria Talathi, who was found "floating in a pool" behind a home at 156 Northwest 90th Street back on June 27. Miami-Dade Corrections

She was initially charged with first-degree murder but in court Thursday it was announced she's now facing a lesser charge of manslaughter.

"Our position from day one has been that Dr. Gupta did not intentionally harm her child, that her child tragically got out of the locked door and fell into the pool, accidentally," defense attorney Michael Mirer said Thursday.

According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office, Gupta told investigators her daughter got out of their ren

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