MIDDLE MUSQUODOBOIT, N.S. — A four-year-old boy was found dead in a swimming pool in rural Nova Scotia, hours after he was reported missing.
The RCMP say Nicholas Baker was reported missing from his grandparents' home near Middle Musquodoboit, about 80 kilometres northwest of Halifax, shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday.
Police said officers and a ground search and rescue crew scoured the area for the boy.
Cpl. Jadie Spence said Baker's body was found in the pool on his grandparents' property at around 2 a.m. Thursday.
Spence said the pool was checked initially by RCMP members, but there was a layer of "dark, scum-like film" on the surface and it didn't look like it had been disturbed.
"The pool was later on searched by a member of ground search and rescue shortly after 2 a.m. with some kind of specialized equipment that they had and that's when the child was located at the bottom of the pool," said Spence.
Investigators said his death is not considered suspicious. They said an autopsy would be conducted on Thursday.
