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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

14 Year-old Girl Dead After Huffing

From the Behavioral Health Central:

Authorities suspect inhalant abuse killed a 14 year-old female in New Mexico.

Gianna Martinez’s parents were out buying a car while she stayed home. At 3:15 pm her father spoke with her via phone and she told him everything was fine. A little while later after she didn’t respond to a second call, her mother became concerned and the family returned home to check on her.

Gianna’s 9 year-old brother was the one who found her lying in a home office, the can of keyboard cleaner on the floor beside her. Her mother, a nurse, performed CPR on her but Gianna was unresponsive and two hours later was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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