Authorities are investigating the death of a 13-year-old Amesbury girl in Lawrence, according to Essex County District Attorney Jonathan W. Blodgett's office.
The girl, later identified by a family member as Chloe Ricard, was dropped off at the emergency room at Lawrence General Hospital on Monday at around 4:47 p.m., officials said. She was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
"From what one of the police officers said at the hospital, she was brought in and dumped at the hospital. They said she was lifeless. No pulse, no nothing, they just drove in and dropped her off," the girl's stepfather, Brian Dolan, told Boston 25 News. "She didn't even have a pulse when they pushed her out of the car."
The circumstances surrounding her death are unknown and under investigation.
"How could someone do this to a 13-year-old?" Dolan said as he began to cry.