13-Year-Old Drowns on Farm in Valley of Peace

A painful discovery in Valley of Peace has left a family, and an entire community, in mourning. On Thursday, police responded to reports of a possible drowning. When they arrived, they found the lifeless body of a young boy. He had gone missing near a farm pond earlier that afternoon and was later found in a nearby lagoon. Tonight, we hear from ACP Hilberto Romero, who shares more on this tragic incident.

 

ACP Hilberto Romero, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch

“On Thursday, police responded to a report of a drowning at the Valley of Peace area. Upon arrival, they saw the motionless body of a minor. Information is that the minor was left with his grandfather at the area. At some point, he left from his grandfather where they were doing some work, and thereafter his body was found in a lagoon at the Valley of Peace area.”

 

Reporter

“Had he been caught in a net?”

 

Hilberto Romero

“That is what the person that took him out of the water reported, he was trapped in a net.”