{"id":414777,"date":"2026-09-30T15:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414777\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T15:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:54:35","slug":"toddler-drowns-in-pond-near-family-home-in-martin-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414777\/","title":{"rendered":"Toddler drowns in pond near family home in Martin County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 23-month-old boy died Tuesday evening after he was found in a pond on his family&#8217;s property, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcsofl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> the Martin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies identified the child as Pablo Mendoza-Arrojo.<\/p>\n<p>According to the sheriff&#8217;s office, the boy was outside with family members in the yard of a home along Darling Street shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday when he went out of sight. His mother and aunt realized he was missing and started searching. They found him in a pond on the property.<\/p>\n<p>Family members took the child to Cleveland Clinic South Hospital. The sheriff&#8217;s office said he was pronounced dead in the emergency room despite lifesaving efforts.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/florida\/florida-mother-leaves-4-children-home-alone-three-day-carnival-cruise-bahamas-north-miami-beach-police-department-us-customs-and-border-protection-florida-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida mother leaves 4 children home alone while on Carnival cruise to Bahamas: Police<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Family members told investigators the boy was out of sight for no more than 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>MCSO criminal investigators interviewed everyone at the scene and are reviewing the circumstances of the child&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s office has not said whether anyone will face charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 23-month-old boy died Tuesday evening after he was found in a pond&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-414777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}