Nation ‘They killed my daughter’: Mother of child who died in Border Patrol custody says pleas were ignored May 20, 2023 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘They killed my daughter’: Mother of child who died in Border Patrol custody says pleas were ignored The mother of the 8-year-old who died in Border Patrol Custody this week said agents ignored the family's pleas to hospitalize their daughter.