A 9-month-old boy who had fallen into a backyard family swimming pool on Sunday has died.
The child, who wandered away from adults during a family function at a home in the 1600 block of East Gable during the 4th of July holiday, was pronounced dead late Monday, according to Detective Steven Berry, a Mesa police spokesman, and Forrest Smith, a Mesa fire spokesman.
The pool did not have a fence around it, according to Berry.
fluttering1 posted at 3:13 pm on Thu, Jul 8, 2010.
how unfortunate . how avoidable .
belladona posted at 7:06 pm on Tue, Jul 6, 2010.
I know the family of this little angels heart is breaking, so I will try to pick my words...I have to ask ,how does a 9 month old "wander" away...most are still crawling at this age....
devils66 posted at 6:46 pm on Tue, Jul 6, 2010.
This is so pathetic that a toddler of this age could wander away from their family and drown like this. It's so irresponsible when you don't have a fence as it is, but why wasn't someone watching this little one. Pretty sad.