Boy, 5, Drowns On Father's Day
Nicholas Norman Drowned In Neighbor's Pool
POSTED: 7:03 am PDT June 21, 2010
UPDATED: 5:07 pm PDT June 21, 2010
SAN DIEGO -- Authorities released the name Monday of a 5-year-old Rolando boy found dead in a backyard swimming pool on Father's Day.Nicholas Norman was discovered floating face-down in the pool behind a next-door neighbor's home on Loma Alta Drive on Sunday evening, according to San Diego police and the county Medical Examiner's Office.The youngster, who would have turned 6 next month, was declared dead in an emergency room at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa shortly before 8 p.m.Though the child apparently drowned, an official cause-of-death ruling was on hold pending autopsy results.
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