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Autism, Lack of Screen Factors in Girl's Fatal Fall
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"Right now I just want to bury my daughter," he said. "Everything else, the reasons why and the how-comes and the 'shoulda-coulda-woulda' will come afterward."
Nicola Carpenter was visited by workers from Child Welfare Services' Protective Services division yesterday. They left behind a card and hope to speak with the family about the incident. The visit was normal protocol, said Mary Anderson, a spokeswoman for the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services.
The family is preparing funeral arrangements. Contributions to help with expenses can be made to the India Luzelia Carpenter Memorial Fund at any Chevy Chase Bank, James Carpenter said.
India's parents say her short life was full of cheer.
"I think I can honestly say that she knew she was loved in her own way," Nicola Carpenter said.
"She was happy, man, in her own world she was happy, and in our own world we were happy to have her," James Carpenter said. "We were blessed. Autism or not."
Staff researcher Karl Evanzz contributed to this report.
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