Parents speak after 7-year-old Indiana girl dies from being trapped under sand
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quot;It's kind of a blur, and it's probably maybe in my mind protecting itself, but it just happened so fast," Jason Mattingly said.
Sloan Mattingly's parents did an exclusive sit down with ABC News
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SloanMattingly An Indiana family is grieving the death of a 5-year
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IU Professor of Law breaks down the process of judges dismissing themselves
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Indiana girl killed in sand hole at Florida beach
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Girl, 7, who died in collapsed sand hole at beach pictured as
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Court documents shine light on dog fighting, drug raids by FBI last week in Indy
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Distraught parents of 7-year-old girl who suffocated in collapsed
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7-year old girl dies after sand hole collapse in Florida - Times of India