A 2-year-old New Jersey girl was found drowned in a neighbor's in-ground pool Monday night after her family reported her missing, authorities said.
The girl’s parents called 911 after their child vanished from their home along Bittern Road in Berkeley around 8:30 p.m., the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Officers arrived and quickly began a search of the neighborhood, prosecutors said. After a brief search, an officer found the missing girl floating in the shallow end of a next door neighbor’s in-ground pool.
First responders tried to resuscitate the girl but she died less than an hour later at Community Medical Center in Toms River.
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Township police are joining county investigators in finding out what led to the girl’s disappearance and “tragic” death, prosecutors said.