Family members found dead in pool didn't know to swim
Three family members who were found dead in the pool of their New Jersey home on Monday did not know how to swim, authorities have said.
An eight-year-old girl, her mother and grandfather died as a result of accidental drowning, the medical examiner's office said on Tuesday.
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An aerial photo of the house and pool where the bodies were found. NBC
The East Brunswick Police Department and Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office identified the victims as Bharat Patel, 62, his daughter-in-law Nisha Patel, 33, and her eight-year-old daughter.
The above-ground pool had a depth of mostly one metre with a portion reaching two-metres deep.
The family had moved into the home just 20 days earlier, police said.
"This is a devastating day for our entire community and we are working to determine exactly what happened," East Brunswick Police Chief Frank LoSacco said.
On Monday afternoon police received a call from a neighbour who heard screaming, police Lieutenant Frank Sutter told CNN.
Officers arrived at the home and found the victims unresponsive in a pool.
The three were pronounced dead shortly afterward.
There was another family member living in the house, but authorities didn't say how that person was related to the victims.
- WITH CNN
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