{"id":8312,"date":"2026-05-21T04:03:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312"},"modified":"2026-05-21T04:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:03:01","slug":"girl-hit-with-metal-bottle-at-reseda-high-school-died-of-naturally-caused-hemorrhage-medical-examiner-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312","title":{"rendered":"Girl hit with metal bottle at Reseda high school died of naturally caused hemorrhage, medical examiner says"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

A 12-year-old girl who died days after getting struck on the head with a metal water bottle during an alleged bullying altercation at Reseda Charter High School, prompting an arrest and legal action by her family, died of natural causes, the Los Angeles County medical examiner\u2019s office said on Wednesday, May 20.<\/p>\n

Read more California FAIR Plan rates going up 29.1% in late 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Khimberly Zavaleta was struck Feb. 17 in a hallway at the campus \u2014for grades 6-12 \u2014 as she stepped in to defend her sister, who was being bullied by other students, relatives said.<\/p>\n

She was sent home after being treated at a hospital, but collapsed days later and was taken to UCLA Children\u2019s Hospital, where she was placed in an induced coma and underwent emergency brain surgery but died on Feb. 25.<\/p>\n

According to the medical examiner, her cause of death was a \u201cspontaneously ruptured cerebellar arteriovenous malformation\u201d \u2014 ruptured blood vessels from a congenital abnormality \u2014 and the death was deemed to be natural.<\/p>\n

The medical examiner did not link the ruptures to the blow on the head she suffered days earlier.<\/p>\n

Read more AI boom helps erase California\u2019s multibillion-dollar budget deficit<\/a><\/p>\n

Khimberly\u2019s family in March filed a damages claim \u2014 a possible precursor to a lawsuit \u2014 against the Los Angeles Unified School District, contending the girl died because the district had failed to protect her despite previous warnings that she was being bullied.<\/p>\n

District officials, while not commenting on the pending legal action, expressed sorrow for Khimberly\u2019s death and vowed to cooperate with the police investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Los Angeles Unified School District is deeply saddened by the death of a Reseda (Chater) High School student,\u201d the district said in a statement. \u201cOur thoughts and condolences are with the student\u2019s family, friends, and the entire school community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

A juvenile suspect was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the case on April 2, according to various media reports. The status of that suspect was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n

Read more Holy deception: Rome\u2019s \u2018sexy priest\u2019 calendar star never set foot in a seminary<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the medical examiner, her cause of death was a “spontaneously ruptured cerebellar arteriovenous malformation” \u2014 ruptured blood vessels from a congenital abnormality \u2014 and the death was deemed to be natural.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety"],"yoast_head":"\nGirl hit with metal bottle at Reseda high school died of naturally caused hemorrhage, medical examiner says - Silicon Valley Moving Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Girl hit with metal bottle at Reseda high school died of naturally caused hemorrhage, medical examiner says - Silicon Valley Moving Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to the medical examiner, her cause of death was a "spontaneously ruptured cerebellar arteriovenous malformation" \u2014 ruptured blood vessels from a congenital abnormality \u2014 and the death was deemed to be natural.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Silicon Valley Moving Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-21T04:03:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8312#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8312\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7\"},\"headline\":\"Girl hit with metal bottle at Reseda high school died of naturally caused hemorrhage, medical examiner says\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-21T04:03:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8312\"},\"wordCount\":362,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8312#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/a04010a830e88433c122ade718802c8a.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Crime and Public Safety\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8312#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8312\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8312\",\"name\":\"Girl hit with metal bottle at Reseda high school died of naturally caused hemorrhage, medical examiner says - Silicon Valley Moving Post\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8312#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8312#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/a04010a830e88433c122ade718802c8a.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-21T04:03:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8312#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8312\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8312#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/a04010a830e88433c122ade718802c8a.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/a04010a830e88433c122ade718802c8a.webp\",\"width\":911,\"height\":612},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8312#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Girl hit with metal bottle at Reseda high school died of naturally caused hemorrhage, medical examiner says\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Silicon Valley Moving Post\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Girl hit with metal bottle at Reseda high school died of naturally caused hemorrhage, medical examiner says - Silicon Valley Moving Post","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Girl hit with metal bottle at Reseda high school died of naturally caused hemorrhage, medical examiner says - Silicon Valley Moving Post","og_description":"According to the medical examiner, her cause of death was a \"spontaneously ruptured cerebellar arteriovenous malformation\" \u2014 ruptured blood vessels from a congenital abnormality \u2014 and the death was deemed to be natural.","og_url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312","og_site_name":"Silicon Valley Moving Post","article_published_time":"2026-05-21T04:03:01+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7"},"headline":"Girl hit with metal bottle at Reseda high school died of naturally caused hemorrhage, medical examiner says","datePublished":"2026-05-21T04:03:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312"},"wordCount":362,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/a04010a830e88433c122ade718802c8a.webp","articleSection":["Crime and Public Safety"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312","url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312","name":"Girl hit with metal bottle at Reseda high school died of naturally caused hemorrhage, medical examiner says - Silicon Valley Moving Post","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/a04010a830e88433c122ade718802c8a.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-21T04:03:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/a04010a830e88433c122ade718802c8a.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/a04010a830e88433c122ade718802c8a.webp","width":911,"height":612},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8312#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Girl hit with metal bottle at Reseda high school died of naturally caused hemorrhage, medical examiner says"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/","name":"Silicon Valley Moving Post","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com"],"url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}