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(MSC News)--A 4-year-old Monet, Missouri girl drowned while visiting family for the 4th of July holiday in the Jefferson County community of Perry.
Jefferson Co. Sheriff Jeff Herrig told WIBW-TV that the incident was reported around 6:45 Sunday evening at a home on Main Street.
Herrig says a family member noticed the young girl was missing and then discovered the child’s shoes sitting beside an above-ground pool outside of the home.
Herrig said the family member found the girl unconscious in the water and immediately started performing CPR.
The TV station reports the child was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
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