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Missing 20-month-old found dead in swimming pool at Grand Rapids home

Posted at 8:05 PM, Apr 03, 2015
and last updated 2015-04-03 22:12:47-04
GRPD patrol car on scene Friday evening in the 2600 block of Moerland on Grand Rapids' NW side.

GRPD patrol car on scene Friday evening in the 2600 block of Moerland on Grand Rapids' NW side.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- A one-hour search for a missing boy resulted in the infant being found dead in a swimming pool Friday night.

Grand Rapids Police told FOX 17 that the 20-month-old child was discovered missing shortly before 6 p.m. Friday and people began searching the neighborhood around the 2600 block of Moerland Drive on the city's northwest side.  Police were called at 6:24 p.m.

At 6:55 p.m., the boy was found in a private swimming pool outside a home at 2650 Moerland.

First responders tried performing CPR but the infant boy was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators on scene told FOX 17 the home where the incident happened belonged to the boy's grandparents and the entire family was at the home at the time having a dinner to celebrate the holiday weekend.

The incident is currently being treated as accidental and remains under investigation by the Grand Rapids Police Department.