Murder charges dropped in girl's snowy death

Murder charges dropped in girl's snowy death

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Story Published: Jan 14, 2009 at 2:44 PM PDT

Story Updated: Jan 14, 2009 at 4:32 PM PDT

By Associated Press

KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — Idaho prosecutors have dropped a second-degree murder charge filed against the father of an 11-year-old girl who died after trying to walk 10 miles in the snow on Christmas Day.

A complaint filed in 5th District Court Tuesday instead charges 55-year-old Robert Aragon with involuntary manslaughter, the Idaho Mountain Express reports.

Authorities say Sage Aragon, and her 12-year-old brother, Bear, were with their father when his car got stuck in a snow drift on Dec. 25 near state Highway 75 in south-central Idaho.

Authorities have accused Aragon of letting the children walk to their mother's house while he and his cousin, Kenneth Quintana, 29, stayed behind to free the vehicle. The boy survived. The girl died, likely of hypothermia.

Prosecutors charged both Aragon and Quintana with second-degree murder and felony injury to a child. The second-degree murder charge filed against Quintana was also reduced to involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday.

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