Crime & Safety
17-Month-Old Child Drowns in Swimming Pool
The child was pronounced dead Sunday evening after drowning in a pool in Homer Glen.
A 17-month-old child has died after drowning in a Homer Glen swimming pool.
David Garcia Jr., of Plainfield, was pronounced deceased at 8:15 p.m. Sunday, June 19, at Silver Cross Hospital Emergency Room in New Lenox, according to the Will County Coroner's Office.
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Garcia Jr. was found unresponsive in a swimming pool in the 14000 block of South Erin Court in Homer Glen.
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Will County Sheriff's Office Deputy Chief Tom Budde said police received a call at 7:26 p.m. Sunday for an unresponsive child.
"Family members had gathered for Father's Day and were swimming in the pool all day," Budde said. "They went inside for a minute to tend to another small child for a minute and lost track of the 17-month-old for a short period of time."
The mother found the child lying in the pool on top of a partially submerged solar cover, Budde said. The mother started CPR until paramedics arrived.
Preliminary autopsy findings are consistent with drowning.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
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