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TexasTowelie

(112,345 posts)
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 04:51 PM Apr 2015

Missing child's body found near Kemah marina


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The Coast Guard, along with local officials from Kemah, Seabrook and Nassau Bay, are looking for the 5-year-old, who was reported missing at about 5 p.m. Wednesday near the edge of the pier.


The body of a 5-year-old girl was found Thursday morning in the water a day after she vanished from the Kemah Boardwalk Marina.

The body of Fiona "Kitty" Carroll was discovered about 9 a.m., according to the Kemah Police Department.

Police said Kitty had been reported missing about 6 p.m. Wednesday on Dock H. She was last seen playing on the dock while her father was working on his boat nearby.Then it was discovered she was gone.

The Galveston County Sheriff's Office along with the Galveston Police Department dive team searched more than seven hours for the child but were unable to find her.

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/houston/article/Search-continues-for-missing-child-in-Kemah-6218781.php

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Missing child's body found near Kemah marina (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2015 OP
. In_The_Wind Apr 2015 #1
Kitty, I wish someone could have been there to help you sweetheart! peace13 Apr 2015 #2
Dammit. Another child gone. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2015 #3
What a smile... LeftInTX Apr 2015 #4
 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
2. Kitty, I wish someone could have been there to help you sweetheart!
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 05:23 PM
Apr 2015

So sad. I am so sorry to hear this. Let this be a reminder to everyone that children need to wear their life jackets around the water. It only takes one misstep and they are out of sight. We can not possibly watch their every move.

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