DAISETTA, Texas (KTRK) -- The body of a 4-year-old boy was found in a man-made pond after wandering away from his home in Daisetta.
The Liberty County Sheriff's Office said it appears the boy drowned after his mother stepped inside the family's home.
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Deputies and firefighters rushed to the home on County Road 2017 around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, where they were told the boy had gone missing about 30 minutes before.
Crews spread out to search for McKaiden Tanner, and within minutes, two Hull-Daisetta firefighters discovered the boy's body in the pond.
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An autopsy has been ordered to determine the boy's official cause of death.