IMPD: 3-year-old dies after being found unresponsive near body of water on northeast side

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis metro police have launched a death investigation after a missing child died shortly after being pulled from a pond on the northeast side Sunday night.

Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were called around 6:49 p.m. to the 5600 block of Wyckfield Way, the listed address for Avalon Lake Apartments, after receiving reports of a missing child in the area. IMPD said officers arrived on the scene and located an unresponsive 3-year-old child near a body of water.

The officers immediately began to provide life-saving measures before the child was brought to an area hospital in critical condition. IMPD said the child died shortly after arriving at the hospital.

IMPD said preliminary information indicates a woman arrived at her home in the area and noticed that the door to the home was left open. A camera in the area showed the child leaving the house around 6:19 p.m. as the woman began searching for the missing child.

A neighbor also heard the woman and assisted as they searched. IMPD noted the neighbor discovered the unresponsive child in the pond before providing CPR until police and EMS arrived on the scene.

Police are still working to determine how exactly the child exited the home. IMPD said detectives believe the child’s father was inside the home.

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