{"id":693307,"date":"2026-03-30T21:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/693307\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:26:30","slug":"child-dies-in-reported-drowning-in-cloverleaf-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/693307\/","title":{"rendered":"Child dies in reported drowning in Cloverleaf area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 A tragic incident unfolded Monday in the Cloverleaf area after a young child was found unresponsive in a neighbor\u2019s swimming pool, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Deputies with the HCSO responded to the 900 block of Nancy Rose following reports of a possible drowning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Authorities say deputies arriving at the scene discovered the child in a nearby pool, unresponsive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Despite efforts at the scene, the child was pronounced dead. Officials have not released the child\u2019s identity at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Preliminary information indicates the child, believed to be around 5 years old, may have left their residence unattended before the incident occurred. It remains unclear how long the child had been in the water or how access to the pool was gained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Crime Scene Investigators and detectives are continuing to process the scene and gather more details about the circumstances leading up to the drowning. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Sheriff Gonzalez said the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 A tragic incident unfolded Monday in the Cloverleaf area after a young child was found unresponsive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":583224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4471,279832,290321,60541,4345,425,50,290322,108179,358,3187],"class_list":["post-693307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-child","tag-child-drowning","tag-cloverleaf","tag-drowning","tag-houston","tag-local","tag-news","tag-pool-drowning","tag-swimming-pool","tag-texas","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116320245364387101","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}