A Florida father and the mother of his children have been jailed after police alleged they failed to seek emergency medical help when a two-year-old girl suffered a seizure and turned blue. The child’s death has led to manslaughter charges in an alleged poisoning case, raising questions about the adults’ response to an apparent medical emergency.

The report identifies the child as a two-year-old girl and says police believe she was poisoned, although the supplied article extract does not specify the substance involved or the precise circumstances of her death. Authorities allege that the parents did not act when the girl’s condition visibly deteriorated.