Overview

• Deputies responded just before 5 p.m. Saturday to the 30000 block of Wellington Circle in Temecula after a missing-child report.
• They found a 3-year-old girl in a neighbor’s backyard pool and provided medical aid until paramedics arrived.
• Paramedics attempted life-saving measures and transported her to Rancho Springs Hospital in Murrieta, where she was pronounced deceased.
• Authorities say the child has not been publicly identified, and her family reported her missing from the same neighborhood.
• Investigators are working to determine how the drowning occurred, and officials have not released additional details.