Missing girl's body found after she 'fell into the water' at Texas marina
The body of a girl who vanished on her fifth birthday while playing at a Texas marina has been found in the water nearby.
Fiona 'Kitty' Carroll was at Kemah Boardwalk Marina as her father worked on his boat on Wednesday but when he checked on the girl 'after a brief moment', she was gone, police said.
Her bucket was found in the water but there was no sign of the little girl, KHOU reported.
The girl's father contacted police around 6pm to report that she had disappeared near the edge of the pier, the Kemah Police Department said in a statement.
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Celebration: Fiona 'Kitty' Carroll had celebrated her fifth birthday on the day that she went missing, family members said. Her body has been found in the water near to where she is believed to have fallen
Last seen: She is pictured on the Kemah Boardwalk Marina before she went missing on Wednesday
Authorities launched sea, land and air searches with the help of Kemah, Nassau Bay, Seabrook police and the U.S. Coast Guard.
Dive teams searched the water for more than seven hours on Wednesday evening, while teams used sonar equipment to comb the water to try to locate the girl.
On Thursday morning, the Kemah police announced that the girl's body had been found in the water near the marina around 9am.
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Share'We extend our sincerest sympathy for her mother, father and other family members,' the police department said in a statement to DailyMail.com.
'We would like to thank all the police, fire, federal agencies and Texas Equusearch that assisted us during this tragic incident.'
Kemah police said they hope that surveillance video from boats on the marina could provide further information about exactly what happened.
They have said they do not suspect foul play and an autopsy has been ordered.
Tragic: The little girl's body is wheeled away from the scene after she was found on Thursday morning
Sadness: Authorities stand at the site where the child's body was found in Kemah, Texas on Thursday
Search: A helicopter, boats and divers searched for the girl on Wednesday evening but turned up nothing
The family had been working on their boat ahead of a trip to the Caribbean, KPRC2 reported.
A Facebook post on a family member's page said the little girl was 'bright, curious and friendly' and said that she was comfortable around water.
Family members told KHOU that she had celebrated her birthday earlier that day.
An image shows her celebrating her fifth birthday in a colorful crown and grinning beside a Frozen-themed birthday cake.
Authorities had also released a photograph of her posing with her new bicycle, which she had been given for her birthday, on the boardwalk before she went missing on Wednesday.
Kemah is 25 miles southeast of Houston.
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