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Missing 2-year-old found drowned in pool at Bedford residence

A 2-year-old who had been missing for more than two hours was found in a pool and later died on Friday, according to authorities.

Police were called to an address in the 1100 block of Amherst Circle to help locate the missing child, according to a news release from the Bedford Police Department.

While police were on their way to the residence they were told that the child had been found in a swimming pool, the release said.

The responding officers administered life-saving techniques until paramedics arrived and took the child to Cook Children’s Medical Center, where the toddler was pronounced dead about 11:15 p.m., the release said.



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