DODGE CENTER, Minn. -- Authorities say a missing 7-year-old boy was found dead in a rural southeastern Minnesota pond, where he had gone swimming with friends on Tuesday afternoon, July 17.
According to the Dodge County Sheriff鈥檚 Office, the boy was reported missing at Naylor鈥檚 Pond, on 160th Avenue north of U.S. 14, shortly before 4:30 p.m.
Dodge Center is about 20 miles west of Rochester.
At the time of the 911 call, the boy had been missing for about 10 minutes.
Deputies, assisted by area firefighters and law enforcement officers, launched an extensive search that was assisted by helicopters from the Minnesota State Patrol and Mayo Clinic.
Around 7:40 p.m., divers from the Olmsted County Sheriff鈥檚 Office located the boy鈥檚 body in a deeper part of the pond, where he was last seen by his friends.
The Olmsted County medical examiner鈥檚 office will conduct an autopsy to confirm accidental drowning as the cause of death, the sheriff鈥檚 office said.
The victim鈥檚 name was not immediately released.
Missing boy, 7, found dead in southeastern Minnesota pond
DODGE CENTER, Minn. -- Authorities say a missing 7-year-old boy was found dead in a rural southeastern Minnesota pond, where he had gone swimming with friends on Tuesday afternoon, July 17.According to the Dodge County Sheriff's Office, the boy w...
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