19-month-old girl found dead in pond near Marysville
MARYSVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – Authorities in Union County have pronounced a toddler dead after reports were received Sunday evening of an unresponsive child.
According to the Union County Sheriff's Office, a 911 call was received at around 7:23 p.m. after a 19-month-old girl was found in a pond. Deputies arrived eight minutes later in the 19000 block of Paver Barnes Road in Paris Township, just northwest of Marysville, and began administering CPR to the child.
Medics from the Marysville Fire Department arrived shortly afterward and took the girl to Memorial Hospital, where the girl was pronounced dead at 9:03 p.m.
The sheriff’s office said the child is being evaluated by the Montgomery County Crime Lab for a preliminary autopsy and the incident remains under investigation.