PANAMA CITY — Officers investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl are considering filing additional charges against the child’s mother and her boyfriend.
Officials with the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the 14th Circuit Medical Examiner and the State Attorney’s Office met Wednesday for a routine status conference to discuss the investigation into the death of the 2-year-old. However, additional charges against the child’s mother and her boyfriend have not been filed, according to officials.
Jessica Leigh Dziura, 26, and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Stephen Aaron Young, were arrested and charged with child neglect with bodily harm after officers arrived at an Altha gas station April 2 to find Dzuria with the unresponsive child. The couple, of Altha, is being held without bond as investigators look into additional charges.
According to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Dziura was driving with her 2-year-old daughter to the hospital at about 11 a.m. but stopped just south of Altha at a gas station on State 71 to ask for help. EMS crews responded to a 911 call that the child was unresponsive. Paramedics administered CPR on the little girl as the ambulance was en route to the local hospital before being airlifted to Tallahassee, officials reported.
The next night, after her father and 5-year-old brother said goodbye to her, Anya Faith Dziua was taken off life support, officials said.
Results from an autopsy are pending. However, following the incident, Calhoun Sheriff Glenn Kimbrel said the child suffered some type of head injury. How the injury occurred is under investigation.