MONTROSE, Colo.—Montrose County authorities have identified the 2-year-old boy who died after falling into a septic tank at his family’s home.
Sheriff Rick Dunlap says Steven F. Flores-Avilla was discovered missing at about 7 p.m. Sunday. He apparently wandered away from several adults who were riding four-wheelers and horses.
Family members and neighbors looked for him for about an hour, and a neighbor reported Steven missing around 8 p.m.
The boy was discovered unresponsive in water. Searchers and sheriff’s deputies performed CPR on the boy, who was transported to a hospital.
He died a short time later.
Montrose County Coroner Dr. Thomas Canfield says the boy’s death was consistent with drowning, but an autopsy would be performed to determine an official cause.
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Information from: The Montrose Daily Press,
