18-month-old Aurora Boy Dies in Apparent Drowning in Pool

AURORA, Ill. (AP) – An 18-month-old boy has died in an apparent drowning in his family’s backyard swimming pool in Aurora. Police in the Chicago suburb identified the boy as Uriel Lopez. They say his 6-year-old sister found him floating face-down in the pool around 8:40 p.m. Friday.

Police say the boy entered the pool without his parents noticing while they were putting away groceries. The family says he was out of sight for just five minutes.

Officers conducted CPR but were not able to revive him, and the boy was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Police say the death appears to be accidental.

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