THE bodies of three young children who were reported missing have been pulled from a pond.
Police in Cass County Texas told WHNT that three sisters, ages five, eight and nine, were reported missing on Friday evening.
The discovery happened Saturday
The state park’s department and Wildlife Game Warden for the county arrived on the scene around 9.30pm on Friday night. Dive teams were also called into the search.
The bodies were recovered later recovered at 2am on Saturday morning.
KSLA identified the children as nine-year-old Zi’ariel Oliver, eight-year-old Amiyah Hughes, and five-year-old Temari Oliver.
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They were all said to have lived near the pond.
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife Captain Game Warden Shawn Hervey told the station during the search that a shoe was found.
The mother confirmed it was one of her children’s shoes.
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There were also footprints in the mud.
Police do not know if the young children could swim.
“None of them had lifejackets on, so I don’t know how strong of swimmers they were or if were swimmers at all,” Lieutenant Game Warden Jason Jones said to WHNT.
Autopsies are being conducted and there is an ongoing investigation.
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