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Fort Worth Toddler Found In Pond Identified

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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - Police are investigating how a toddler wandered away from the family home after being found in a nearby pond.

According to Fort Worth police, officers were called to investigate an incident at the Quail Ridge Apartments apartment on Brentwood Stair Road around 10:00 p.m. Tuesday. While there, they learned a 2-year-old boy had disappeared.

The child was identified as Christopher Hser.

Officers started an air and ground search for little boy. They later found him in a nearby pond and rushed him to Cook Children's Medical Center.

Police say while at the hospital, the child died.

The FWPD Crimes Against Children unit is currently investigating.

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