By Associated Press - Monday, July 31, 2017

ELWOOD, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a 22-month-old boy has died after being found unresponsive in a swimming pool at a home in northern Illinois.

The Will County coroner’s office says Traeger A. Moore was found in the pool in Elwood on Saturday and was taken to a hospital in Joliet, where he was pronounced dead. Preliminary autopsy results released Sunday revealed that Traeger drowned.

The Will County sheriff’s office is investigating.

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Serena Magosky is Traeger’s godmother. She tells The (Joliet) Herald-News that the pool has a ladder and deck area that can only be accessed through a locked gate.

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