I think you are correct. The mother found her.
During a media briefing on Aug. 15, Soward said that Balbaneda explained how the injuries happened but he didn’t want to share those details until the sheriff’s office had confirmed her cause of death.
“We still have a little bit of doubt; we need to figure that out,” Soward said.
I think the living conditions were not quite like the sheriffs was quoted, , “Sipps was kept on a homemade bedding area in an environment that was not kept to a reasonable standard of cleanliness.” I think that was a nice way of saying the house was a pig pen.
The Mother and "step father" didn't cause the injuries but didn't seek the medical treatment she obviously needed.
“We have determined that upon being found by her mother, Sipps was still alive, although in dire need of immediate medical treatment,” the sheriff’s office stated in an Aug. 16 updated press release.
Regardless of how the injuries occurred, Soward said the parents “failed to act.”
“You still have a duty to provide medical care for a 12-year-old child,” he said.
The 12-year-old Miranda Sipps was pronounced dead on Monday, and her mother and stepfather are charged in connection with her death, according to the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office.
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