Update:

Gwinnett CountyHomicide Detectives have charged Natiela Barros (34, Bethlehem) with Cruelty to Children in the First Degree, Aggravated Assault, Felony Murder, and Malice Murder.  Natiela was the stepmother to the 8-year-old child and was married to the child’s biological father.   Details surrounding the criminal investigation are confidential in accordance with OCGA 49-5-40(b).

Original:

Gwinnett County Detectives are investigating the death of an eight-year-old.

Around 2:16pm officers at the Bay Creek Precinct responded with Gwinnett County EMS to a medical call on Vine Springs Trace.  When officers arrived, EMS determined an eight-year-old female was deceased on scene. 

The eight-year-old had been home with an adult female and suffered some kind of medical emergency.  The adult female called the child’s father, who came home and found the child unresponsive.  The father called 911 and started CPR on the child.  Given the unknown circumstances of the death, Homicide Detectives and the Medical Examiner was called to the scene.  Detectives are interviewing the adults in the home and the Crime Scene Unit is processing the scene.  The Medical Examiner will investigate to determine the cause of death.