7- and 8-year-old boys drown in eastern Missouri pond

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Authorities say two boys have died after plunging through a frozen pond near
their home in eastern Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the 7-
and 8-year-old boys were found Sunday in the private pond in Franklin County.

The search began after the boys didn’t return from a bike ride. The patrol says
a family member found one of them floating in the pond. A diver then located the
second child. They were pronounced dead several hours later. Their names weren’t
immediately released.

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