A Hamilton father has made the heart-wrenching decision to turn off the life support of his daughter after she was found unconscious on the bottom of a United States swimming pool.
Candice Warren, 24, was taken to hospital in a critical condition after being found in the pool at a
residential complex in Salt Lake City, Utah, last Wednesday.
Miss Warren, a Hamilton clothing store manager, was in Utah with other family members for a cousin's wedding.
Her father, Roma Warren, flew to the US the following day and after five days of watching his daughter lying in an induced coma, made the decision to turn off her life support, The Waikato Times reported today.
The family were holding up "as best we can", Ms Warren's aunt, Sandra Morris, said.
She said Mr Warren would stay in Utah until arrangements were made to transport his daughter's body back to Hamilton.
"We are just anxious to get her home," Ms Morris said.
Ms Warren was thought to have epilepsy but it was not clear if it contributed to her death.
- NZPA
