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15-year-old special needs boy drowns in pond near home in Pope County

Carson Tanner, 15, drowned accidentally in a pond near his home in Appleton, Arkansas.

APPLETON, Ark. (KTHV) — A missing special needs boy was found in a pond near his home in the afternoon of Wednesday, April 18.

Carson Tanner was reported missing in a 911 call at around 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Pope County Sheriff's Office.

After a short search, authorities found his body in a pond about 300 yards from his home. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The death has been ruled an accidental drowning.

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