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Police ID Drowning Victim

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published May 21, 2013 at 12:34 PM EDT

Zanesville Police say a 2-year-old autistic boy from Akron drowned in the Muskingum River Saturday after wandering away from his family's cabin. Police say Andrew Howell wandered away from the cabin and headed to the river 100 yards away. His mother says she turned her attention away for no more than 30 seconds.
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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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