Overview
- Emergency crews found the child face down in a rear garden pond on Saturday, July 18, and he was taken to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital where he died the following day.
- Merseyside Police and the North West Ambulance Service attended the Brownmoor Lane address and paramedics conveyed the boy to hospital for treatment.
- The coroner opened an inquest on July 22 and named the child as Reuben Reynolds, with a post-mortem due to take place this week.
- Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious, officers are supporting the bereaved family and enquiries continue to establish the full circumstances.
- The post-mortem will determine whether a full inquest is required, a process that establishes medical cause and may identify further lines of inquiry for authorities and the family.