Boy drowns in family pool

SCOTT DEPOT, W.Va. — The Putnam County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the drowning of a three-year-old boy.

The body of Landyn Fields was found in his family’s in-ground swimming pool in the Poplar Fork Road area at around 8 p.m. Wednesday.

The boy’s mother found him and neighbors attempted CPR.

An autopsy is being performed by the state Medical Examiner’s Office.





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