SALT LAKE CITY — A man and woman were arrested in Cache County after their 18-month-old child died of malnutrition and dehydration in March, authorities announced on Thursday.

The Cache County Sheriff’s Office identified the parents as Mitchell and Carrie Murray and said their child died at a residence in Nibley on March 19. The sheriff’s office said the investigation began immediately afterward.

“Follow-up investigative steps conducted by the Cache County Sheriff’s Office identified a severe pattern of neglect leading up to the infant’s death,” the sheriff’s office said.

Authorities were able to use data from baby monitors and surveillance cameras to reconstruct a timeline of the four days leading up to the child’s death. The sheriff’s office said for those 96 hours, “the total time an

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