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The death of a 13-year-old girl with epilepsy has reportedly been ruled a homicide after authorities said she had been kept in a "makeshift cage" inside her grandmother's Arizona home.

Melony Granados, who suffered from a rare form of epilepsy and cognitive impairments that left her functioning at the level of a 3-year-old, had been in the care of her grandmother, Virginia Lujan.

Lujan, 55, was charged in February with child abuse and related offenses in the teen’s death, prosecutors said.

The Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office recently confirmed Granados' death was ruled a homicide, ABC15 reported .

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