Report: Body of 9-year-old boy pulled from pond after apparent drowning

Published 2:37 pm Monday, July 29, 2019

A 9-year-old boy has apparently drowned in Simpson County, Mississippi, a Jackson television station reported.

Simpson County Sheriff’s Office deputies and officers with the state wildlife and fisheries department recovered the boy’s body from a pond in southern Simpson County at approximately 8 a.m. Monday, reported WLBT-TV.

Neither the boy’s identity nor the events that led up to his apparent drowning were immediately available.

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