Girl, 12, was hit in the head at school. That wasn't what caused her death, M.E. says
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An update from the L.A.County medical examiner raises new questions about the sudden death of 12-year-old Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa.
Khimberly was a seemingly healthy student at Reseda Charter High when she was struck in the head with a metal water bottle during an altercation with campus bullies on Feb.17, according to her family.
Days later, she was rushed to the hospital for emergency brain surgery, placed in a medically induced coma and died.In April, the Los Angeles Police Department arrested a juvenile suspect on suspicion of murder in connection to Khimberly’s death.
Khimberly’s family has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District, alleging that their daughter had been repeatedly harassed on campus and staff failed to take reports of bullying seriously.However, on Tuesday the L.A.
County medical examiner ruled that Khimberly’s death was not a homicide but a result of natural causes.The medical examiner cited a “spontaneous rupture” of blood vessels in the brain caused by an underlying medical condition.
California The death of Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa, 12, has led some, including her family, to question whether L.A.Unified could have — or should have — done more to protect her from campus bullies.Khimberly had a cerebral arteriovenous malformation, according to the M.E.
This is a rare condition present at birth where arteries in the brain are clustered tightly together, putting them at high risk of rupture.“Arteriovenous malformations (AVM) are an assembly of fragile, tangled, high-pressure blood vessels that are prone to spontaneously rupturing, especially when located in the region of the brain as discovered in Khimberly,” Dr.
Odey Ukpo, chief medical examiner, said in a statement.“Catastrophic bleeding due to a rupture develops quickly — within seconds to minutes — and is immediately life-threatening.”The news ...