Ashdeep Kaur
Ashdeep Kaur
Abuse Allegations
Ashdeep didn't want to move in with her stepmother since she beat Ashdeep, her uncle said, “She told me she didn’t want to come here because her stepmother beat her.
I see some scratching on her hand.”
Ashdeep's father's cousin, Mandinna Singh had also said “The little one said she sometimes beat her.”
Ashdeep had stayed with her cousin's family for the past three days, and didn't want to go home to her stepmother, her family said.
She reluctantly returned home Friday, her family said.
Death
On August 19, 2016 Ashdeep Kaur's body was found naked and bruised in a bathtub in a bathroom by a neighbor at about 6 p.m.
The tub she was found in had no water.
A neighbor noticed the bathroom was eerily quiet and locked when she went to have a shower.
The building had a shared bathroom for multiple units.
Arjuna, Ashdep's stepmom had gone into the bathroom with Ashdeep, but then the stepmother had left the house while the girl was still in the bathroom.
She has not been seen since then and police are looking for her as a person of interest.
The neighbor then called the landlord to break down the door, which is when they found Ashdeep unresponsive and called 911.
Ashdeep had been locked in the bathroom for at least two hours.
When first responders arrived they pronounced the Ashdeep dead at the scene.
Her uncle Mankh Singh said after Ashdeep's death, “She’s like a princess, very nice girl,” he added, breaking down in tears.
“Very happy girl, playing with everybody.”
Ashdeep’s dad rushed home from work after his daughter was discovered dead and broke down.
The distraught dad collapsed and was briefly hospitalized.
“He went crying into ambulance, he passed out, so they took him to ambulance,” his cousin, Dharminder Singh said.