Beaver Boy Found Drowned: Tracking a news story as it unfolds

When I first heard the news story about a four year old boy who went missing in Beaver County, they were still looking for an alive bumbling toddler.  However, as the days unfolded searchers found him dead. 

The manner of death was suspicious because he was found in a neighbor's septic tank.  According to invesitgators, the lid was too heavy for the boy to lift.  There were varying stories on whether or not the lid was in its place when they found the boy or left ajar.

As of 6 Oct. 2009, the coroner has ruled the death of the boy to be a drowning. Evidence is still pending over the circumstances surrounding the boy's death.

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