Parents charged in daughter's deadly asthma attack

>>> THIS IS WCCO NEWS. ALWAYS STREAMING ON CBS NEWS, MINNESOTA. >>> IT IS A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT IS NEARLY NEVER DEADLY. >> TRAGICALLY THAT WAS NOT THE CASE FOR A LITTLE GIRL WITH ASTHMA. ALAN HENRY SHOWS WHY HER TWO PARENTS ARE CHARGED IN HER DEATH. NEXT WE WOULD SEE HER ALL THE TIME ON HER SCOOTER. JUST A NORMAL NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL. >> Reporter: SHE WAS BEING A NORMAL NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL GOING TO FRIDAY NIGHT SLEEP OVER. ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS SHE FELT UNWELL ALL NIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING HER FRIENDS MOM DISCOVERED AMY HAVING AN ASTHMA ATTACK. THE MOM SAYS ANTHONY AND RACHEL TOLD HER TO BRING THEIR DAUGHTER HOME AND NOT TO A DOCTOR. A FAMILY FRIEND TOLD POLICE HER SKIN WAS BLUE AND SHE COULD NOT RAISE HER ARMS. THE MOM SOLUTION, A STEAM BATH. MORE THAN THREE HOURS PASSED BEFORE SHE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS DECLARED BRAIN-DEAD FROM A LACK OF OXYGEN. HER PARENTS ADMITTED HER INHALER WAS EMPTY A MONTH AGO AND NEVER GOT IT REFILLED. >> IT WAS SAD TO SEE A GIRL ON THE GROUND LIKE THAT. >> Reporter: HE LIVES IN THE SAME COMMUNITY AND WATCHED AS MEDICS TRIED TO SAVE THE LITTLE GIRL. A YOUTUBE CHANNEL LINKED TO HER FATHER SHOWS FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE SCENE THAT DAY AND AN AMBULANCE RACING TO THE HOSPITAL. >> EVERYBODY REACTS DIFFERENTLY, HER FATHER WAS VIDEOTAPING THE WHOLE SCENARIO. I THOUGHT AS A PARENT , I WOULD BE FREAKING OUT. IN GOFUNDME CONFIRMS THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE FUNDRAISER WHICH RAISED $10,000 AND LIST THE PARENTS AS ORGANIZERS AND RECIPIENTS. IT WAS TAKEN DOWN BY HE WONDERS WHY THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR HELP BEFORE SHE DIED? >> THERE ARE SYSTEMS THAT CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT. NEIGHBORS COULD HELP, I COULD'VE HELPED . I WOULD'VE GOTTEN HER

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Length: 1min 57sec (117 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 19 2024