Crime & Safety

Missing Child Found As Crews Prepare to Search Woodridge Pond

Crews were preparing to search a pond in the Windsor Lakes apartment complex in Woodridge Monday night when a missing child was found.

A young child who was presumed missing, possibly in a pond near the Windsor Lakes apartment complex in , has been found. 

Officials reported the child missing around 7:30 p.m. and were preparing to search a pond in the apartment complex. The child was found, alive and well, in a private swimming pool. 

Robert Morris, fire prevention director at the Darien-Woodridge Fire Department, said the child was reported missing from the Windsor Lakes area and crews were preparing to search the pond as a precautionary measure. 

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"Fortunately everything ended well and the child was found," Morris said. 

Early reports said the child was five years old, but those reports have not been confirmed. 

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The Windsor Lakes apartment complex is located in the 7500 block of Woodward Avenue. 


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