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Missing toddler's body found in Miramar lake after hours-long neighborhood search
Around 10 p.m. Tuesday, cops responded to reports of a missing 2-year-old at 5262 SW 158th Ave., a home in the Riviera Isles gated community, confirmed Miramar Police spokesperson Janice McIntosh.
Before contacting police, the panicked family first called on neighbors for an hours-long search where they 'mobilized quickly using flashlights, walking the community, and providing surveillance footage,' reads a statement from the department.
The toddler was found dead hours later, around 2:45 a.m., in Lake Riviera, the man-made pool that Riviera Isles wraps around.
Neighbors reported seeing helicopters flying above the area and investigators going door-to-door in search of the child.
'There was a knock on my door ... it was a couple of police officers saying they retrieved a 2-year-old's body from the lake behind my house,' said Robert Lloyd, who lives on the same street as the child's family. 'It's very upsetting. I can't imagine what the family is going through.'
Rescue efforts were also made by the Broward Sheriff's Office and the Pembroke Pines police's K-9 units, aviation support and marine resources, shared Miramar police.
Detectives ask that neighbors with extra surveillance footage or information assist the ongoing investigation by contacting Miramar police's non-emergency line at 954-602-4000.
'This is a heartbreaking tragedy, and our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the family during this unimaginable time,' read the department's statement.
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