Six year old child with autism dies in Brandon after being pulled from body of water

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - Hillsborough County deputies are investigating the death of a six-year-old autistic child in Brandon.

Officials say they received a call about a missing child just before 4 p.m. on Sunday.  

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While at the Lumsden Road location, they found the child in a body of water and say they immediately began life-saving measures.  The child died at the hospital. 

Deputies are investigating.

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