An Oklahoma City pediatrician—initially arrested for first-degree murder—is now facing a lesser charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child in Florida.

Neha Gupta is accused of killing her 4-year-old daughter while the two were staying at a rental home near Miami earlier this summer.

This new charge means Gupta is no longer eligible for the death penalty. If convicted, she could face up to 30 years in prison.

Aggravated manslaughter is not a charge used in Oklahoma, but in Florida, it applies when someone is believed to have caused the death of a person under the age of 18.

“In other words, she committed some act, a negligent act, that caused the death," said Irven Box, News 9 Legal Analyst

Box says this move surprised him. He points to the medical examiner's report, which appears

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