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Two Children Drown In Pool In Union

Friday, June 29, 2012

Authorities Investigate The Drowning Deaths Of 2 Brothers, Ages 3 and 5

The bodies of the two young brothers were found on the bottom of a neighbor's swimming pool in Union.

The Union County Homicide Task Force continues to investigate the drowning death of two siblings that occurred on Thursday evening, Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow said. According to a press release from the Union County Prosecutor's Office, Union police were called to the 200-block of Parkside Drive in Union at about 6:45 p.m. on Thursday on a report of missing children. After a canvass of the area, the two boys - Kendell Francois, 3, and Kenley Francois, 5, - were discovered in a swimming pool in an adjacent back yard, Romankow said. "It appears, based on the initial investigation, that the boys climbed over a 4-foot high fence and entered the pool, according to the press release. They were transported to a local hospital where they were…

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