A South Carolina boy drowned in a pool Saturday shortly after wandering away from home, police said.
Deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office responded to the home on Pine Street at around 7:40 p.m. after receiving reports of a child that had gone missing.
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After a brief search, the 4-year-old boy was found submerged in a nearby pool.
First responders initiated CPR and rushed the boy to a hospital where he was declared dead.
Authorities later identified the victim as Joseph Pedro Ignacio. His cause and manner of death remain under investigation.
