Toddler Drowns in Pond

The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call at about 1:45 p.m., Thursday. The caller reported that a 2-year-old girl, Jennifer Lane was missing.

Lane’s parents, Michael and Britney Lane last saw her in the playroom at their home on Highway 56 near the intersection of Highway 901 in Whitesboro. Mr. and Mrs. Lane laid down to take a nap at about 12:30 p.m.; they both work nights. Lane’s grandfather, Jeffrey Lane, was watching her, but had gone to the store. When her parents awoke at 1 p.m., they were unable to find her, according to the Grayson County police report.

After receiving, the 911 call Sheriff’s Office Investigator Chad Butler arrived on the scene three minutes later. Butler searched the house to ensure that Lane was not hiding somewhere or asleep. Other officers quickly arrived on the scene and began searching the area behind the home. Family members and neighbors joined police in the search, according to the report.

A relative of the family found Lane in a pond about 100 yards behind the house at about 2:12 p.m. Dispatch called an ambulance to the scene and EMTs immediately began CPR to try to resuscitate the toddler. Whitesboro EMS transported her to Wilson N. Jones Hospital in Sherman, according to the police statement.

Lane was pronounced dead at 5:05 p.m. She was taken to the Dallas County Medical Examiners Office for an autopsy and the investigation is pending, awaiting the medical examiners findings.