3-year-old child has died in apparent drowning

Information is slowly coming in on the tragic death of a 3-year-old child from Jasper.

According to Jasper Police Lieutenant Garrett Foster, it is believed that the boy drowned in a bath tub at Park Apartments on Marvin Hancock.

Foster said, "We were called to Jasper Memorial Hospital to investigate the incident".

Justice of the Peace Mike Smith has ordered an autopsy. Smith said that the cause of death has not been determined, however there were no obvious signs of trauma.