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Sebring man charged with manslaughter after daughter with autism found dead

By FOX 13 News Staff
Published  September 26, 2024 4:10pm EDT
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    SEBRING, Fla. - A Sebring man has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of his 9-year-old daughter with autism.

    Highlands County deputies were called to a home on Oak Bend Avenue around 11 a.m. to search for Arianna Maura, who had been missing for an undetermined amount of time.

    Her father, 44-year-old Desi Maura, told officials he had fallen asleep sometime Wednesday night and woke up to discover his daughter was missing.

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    The only other person in the home was Arianna's 17-year-old brother.

    Deputies began searching around the area and found the child floating in a man-made duck pond near her home.

    Lifesaving measures were started, but Arianna was pronounced dead at 12:08 p.m.

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