The short life and long journey of the 6-year-old girl from India who died near the US-Mexico border

'We trust that every parent, regardless of origin, color or creed, will understand that no mother or father ever puts their child in harm's way unless they are desperate,' say the parents of a 6-year-old Indian girl who died this month in the AZ desert

The little girl wore a black short-sleeved shirt and black pants as she took her first steps in America.Before long, temperatures in the Arizona desert would climb to 108 degrees. Gurupreet's mother would leave her with others as she went to search for water. And she would never see her daughter alive again.Read MoreA day after the girl crossed into Arizona, Border Patrol agents found her remains. It was a tragic end to a journey that began half a world away.

"It really makes you think of how bad the circumstances really must be in your native country for you to want to make that journey and risk your own child's life."Crossing the borderIt was mid-morning on June 11 when smugglers dropped the group Gurupreet was traveling with near an interstate on the Mexican side of the border and told them to walk north.

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