Missing 5-year-old boy with autism drowns in neighbor's pond in Chester County: police
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KENNETT, Pa. - Authorities in Pennsylvania say a missing young boy with autism was found by police drowned in a pond Monday afternoon.
The 5-year-old boy was reported missing from Chandler Mill Road in Kennett Township just before 3 p.m., police said.
Authorities scoured nearby neighborhoods and a large wooded area for the child, and used a drone to search from above.
Police say the child was found face down in a pond on a neighbor's property and an officer immediately dove in to save the boy.
Despite life-saving measures attempted by both police and responding medics, the child was pronounced dead at Dupont Hospital in Delaware.