Overview
- Deputies were called to Fleming Meadows Lagoon after reports of a missing child and later received calls that the 3-year-old had been found and was receiving CPR.
- Sheriff’s boat-patrol crews who were already on the lake reached the child first and took over life-saving measures from bystanders.
- The child could not be revived and was pronounced dead at the scene before authorities could arrange air transport.
- The sheriff’s office has not released how the child entered the water and has asked anyone with photos or video to contact the detective; a Facebook post included an image that appears to show a raft or small boat.
- A GoFundMe organized by a family friend says the child was on a family camping trip, lists surviving siblings, and has raised roughly $8,800 of a $12,000 goal while the community offers support.