The story of a 7-year-old girl who had a terminal illness and wanted to accomplish a bucket list of adventures in 2017 captured the hearts and minds of people in Denver and across the country, but now her mother, not a terminal illness, is accused of killing her.

Kelly Renee Turner, also known as Kelly Renee Gant, 41, was indicted Thursday by a Douglas County grand jury on 13 charges connected with Olivia Gant’s death in August 2017 as well as alleged child abuse of another daughter. Ten of those charges are felonies: two counts of first-degree murder, child abuse, three counts of theft, three counts of charitable fraud, two counts of attempt to influence a public servant and two counts of second-degree forgery.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office investigated Turner, and she was arrested Friday at a hotel in Glendale, according to the sheriff’s office. She is being held without bond in the Douglas County jail.

Turner also is accused of defrauding Medicaid and charitable foundations, which helped raise money and provide dream experiences to her daughter. She used GoFundMe to raise money, the indictment said.

The indictment does not describe one specific incident or action that caused Olivia’s death. However, in a series of interviews with doctors who treated the child, investigators established a pattern of doctors telling Turner that her daughter was not terminally ill and the mother should not withdraw medical care.

However, Turner allegedly decided to stop providing nutrition through a tube and had her daughter admitted to hospice where she died in August 2017, the indictment said.

Turner had said her daughter was terminally ill with neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy, a disease that attacks many of the body’s vital organs, according to previous media reports about Olivia’s wishes. Turner falsified information about treatment for two of her daughters as well as their medical conditions, the indictment said.

The young girl’s illness made headlines in April 2017 when the Denver Police Department brought her on a ride along to catch a “bad guy,” and was named honorary chief for the day. She also became a firefighter for a day. The Make-A-Wish Foundation organized a “Bat Princess” day in February 2017 where Olivia dressed in a cape and bat mask for an imaginary story where she worked with Batman to save two princesses. All of those stories were covered by local media, including The Denver Post.

A spokeswoman for Douglas County government declined on behalf of human services to comment on the case.

The criminal investigation began in October 2018 after Children’s Hospital and the Jefferson County Department of Human Services reported concerns about the family to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.

At that time of the report, Olivia was deceased, but Turner brought another child to doctors for treatment of bone pain, according to the indictment. Already the mother had claimed in 2016 that the other daughter had been treated for cancer in Texas before the family moved to Colorado. But the second daughter’s new doctor was suspicious of the claim and called Texas hospitals and doctors, which confirmed the girl never had cancer. The doctor reported suspicions to human services, according to medical records and interviews cited in the indictment.

As human services investigators looked into the case, they found articles, blogs, Facebook pages and news stories about her daughter’s illnesses that weren’t based on medical records, according to the indictment. The investigators noted that Olivia had died in 2017.

“There is a concern that (Turner) lied about the children’s medical conditions and therefore may have caused harm to the children and or caused them to have significant medical procedures,” the report stated. “There is also concern that (Turner) has a financial and social motivation for her children’s medical conditions, both real and fictitious.”

Doctors at Children’s Hospital Colorado told investigators that they had concerns about Turner directing care for the girls, ignoring advice and treatment options and falsifying information about previous medical history. They didn’t believe Olivia’s medical problems were terminal and at least one questioned the initial diagnosis of autism.

The human services report stated that Olivia was first seen at Children’s Hospital in 2013 for developmental delays and then for constipation. Doctors also treated her for feeding problems and had a tube placed in her body for nutrition. Olivia’s mother had the tube removed in 2017 when she had doctors admit her daughter into hospice care. Olivia reportedly died of intestinal failure in August 2017.

“This was somewhat controversial with doctors,” the human services report said.

Multiple doctors later told investigators that Olivia had not been diagnosed with any illnesses that were terminal.

In an interview with detectives, Turner denied fabricating information about her children’s medical conditions, according to the indictment.

In the interview, Turner spontaneously brought up “Munchausen-by-Proxy,” a rare syndrome where caregivers make those they’re caring for sick on purpose for attention, investigators said in the indictment.

“That has never been my case, like at all, whatsoever,” Turner is quoted as saying in the indictment. “You can ask anybody that stood by my side through (redacted) and all of this.”

Eventually, Turner admitted to fabricating the second daughter’s cancer diagnosis but not any of Olivia’s medical conditions, according to the indictment. The other daughter hasn’t had any reported medical problems since Oct. 11, 2018.

Turner allegedly told investigators she was raising money to offset medical costs that weren’t covered by Medicaid and for costs of experimental medications. Turner also said her husband’s medical insurance wouldn’t cover their daughter’s pre-existing conditions. Detectives interviewed Turner’s husband, who said he provided health insurance until Turner told him she had found a less expensive plan through Children’s Hospital in Colorado.

On Nov. 28, 2018, Olivia’s remains were exhumed. The Arapahoe Coroner’s Office performed an autopsy and declared the girl’s manner of death undetermined, noting a lack of anatomical findings to indicate intestinal failure or the other conditions that Turner said her daughter had, according to the indictment.

Douglas County sheriff’s investigators interviewed 11 medical professionals who cared for Olivia.

In a February interview, Dr. Jason Soden, a pediatric gastroenterologist who began treating Olivia in January 2017, told investigators that Turner told him her daughter was rejecting the nutrition through the feeding tube, which he told her doesn’t happen. He recommended decreasing Olivia’s dependency on the tube, but Turner allegedly refused and instead insisted a “Do Not Resuscitate” order be put in place, the indictment said.

Soden said he later learned Turner had placed her daughter on in-home palliative care and was giving her heavy doses of narcotics without the knowledge of Olivia’s pain management team, the indictment said.

Dr. John Bealer, a general pediatric surgeon, told detectives that Olivia had a challenging diagnosis, and he called Turner a “high maintenance mother” who wasn’t afraid of surgery. Still, he said none of Olivia’s diagnoses were terminal and that death from malnutrition only occurs from lack of nutrition or liver failure, the indictment said. Malnutrition doesn’t occur in the U.S., and Olivia was nowhere near liver failure, according to the indictment.

Pediatric neurologist Dr. Kristen Park told investigators that she did not find evidence of the seizures Turner said her daughter was experiencing and asked her to take her daughter off medication three different times, but Turner refused, the indictment said.

Occupational therapist Jackie Kammerer focused on feeding and eating and told investigators that Olivia completed therapies without issues and didn’t need the treatment anymore.

Additional interviews with medical professionals refuted many of the conditions Turner claimed her daughter had, and they spoke of discussing alternatives to withdrawing treatment. They believed the young girl could be treated for the issues she had without being considered terminal, the indictment said.

While Turner was ignoring doctors’ advice about her daughter’s treatment, she had enrolled the girls in Medicaid even though insurance was available through her husband, who lived in Texas, the indictment said. Turner also was soliciting charities for financial and emotional support.

Between March 2014 and December 2018, Medicaid overpaid Turner $538,991 for her daughters’ medical bills, the indictment said.

The mother had started a blog in 2011 detailing her daughter’s medical conditions and solicited donations through a GoFundMe campaign between 2015 and 2017. She raised $22,270 from 161 people, and GoFundMe said Monday it would refund money to anyone who donated to the family through its website.

The family also received $3,000 from Professional Miracles Foundation, a charity created by members of the Denver real estate community to help families of sick children, the indictment said.

Make-A-Wish Colorado Foundation spent $11,264 on the bat princess party at the Hyatt Regency Denver where Olivia rode in a limousine and was festooned with balloons, decorations and props.

In a statement from Make-A-Wish Colorado, a spokeswoman said the foundation was “deeply disturbed” by the allegations and officials plan to follow the case to find out what happened.

“Our procedures for granting a wish require a referral from the child’s medical team, and we rely on their assessment,” the statement said. “As we seek to learn more about the circumstances that led to Olivia’s death, we fondly remember her spirit and hope that granting her wish brought some joy to her tragic life.”

After Olivia’s death, Turner allegedly reached out to multiple people to ask for money for the funeral. It is unclear whether she received donations for the funeral but she never paid the bills. Turner owes $5,398 to Heflebower Funeral Service and Seven Stones Cemetery.

Reporter Elise Schmelzer contributed to this story.