Jakelin Caal, a 7-year-old Guatemalan migrant who died in U.S. custody last year, died from the bacterial infection sepsis, according to an autopsy report obtained by CNN.

The report says streptococcus bacteria was found in Caal’s lungs, adrenal gland, liver and spleen and that the infection was “rapidly progressive,” leading to “multiple organ dysfunction and death.”

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Caal died in December two days after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) took her and her father into custody.

“While the report sheds light on Jakelin’s cause of death, it still leaves many questions that require further review,” the law offices of Lynn Coyle, who represents Jakelin’s family, said in a statement.

“The report's findings suggest that Jakelin’s chances of surviving would have been improved with earlier medical intervention. As we requested back in December of last year, the family seeks a thorough independent investigation of this matter to learn why medical intervention was delayed.”

The autopsy does not detail how or when Caal got her infection, but CBP said in a December statement that agents “did everything in their power” to treat her and “are deeply affected and empathize with the father over the loss of his daughter.”

Caal and her father had crossed the border to seek asylum in the U.S. They were in a group of 163 migrants detained in New Mexico on Dec. 6. CBP said Caal "revealed no evidence of health issues," and said her father first reported illness and vomiting while they were on a bus waiting to be taken to a Border Patrol station.

CBP says the migrants "had access to food, water and restrooms," but the family’s attorneys said Caal and her father did not have water for over eight hours during their detention.

Caal was revived twice at the border patrol station and then flown to the Providence Children's Hospital in El Paso, where she died the next day.

Caal’s story sparked renewed scrutiny of the Trump administration's treatment of undocumented immigrants, with the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general opening up a probe into the death.