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Doncaster Toddler Drowned in Garden Pond on Christmas Day 'Minutes After Meal'
Coroner Louise Slater said the pond was partly fenced off, and police found no suspicious circumstances after the two-year-old disappeared for five minutes.
- An inquest at Doncaster Coroner's Court ruled the Christmas Day drowning of two-year-old Isobel Abigail Maxwell as accidental after she went missing for "a matter of minutes" at her family's home in Doncaster.
- The family had moved into their "forever home" nine months earlier; with 14 guests present on Christmas Day, family dogs were let outside and "it would appear a door was mistakenly left open."
- Mother Tamara Wallace searched for Isobel after cleaning a wax melt burner, intending "to tell her it was OK and to be careful," while father Aaron Maxwell found her unresponsive in the pond and began CPR until paramedics arrived shortly before 5pm.
- Coroner Louise Slater recorded a verdict of accidental death, noting the parents did not attend "due to the distressing circumstances" and offering "most heartfelt condolences for loss, in these most tragic of circumstances."
- Detective Constable Danielle Duncan-Blakely of South Yorkshire Police confirmed no suspicious circumstances were found, while an online fundraiser raised more than £36,000 to create a memorial fairy garden in Isobel's honor.
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The IndependentReposted by 
The Independent (US)
The Independent (US)Toddler drowned in garden pond on Christmas Day in ‘most tragic of circumstances’
Isobel Maxwell had been missing for just minutes before being found unresponsive
·London, United Kingdom
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Toddler drowned in garden pond on Christmas Day after slipping outside unnoticed
·Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Plymouth HeraldReposted by 
Birmingham Mail
Birmingham MailToddler, 2, drowns in garden pond on Christmas Day in 'most tragic' death
Isobel Abigail Maxwell was celebrating Christmas Day with her extended family at her parents' home in Doncaster when she wandered into the garden and fell into the pond
·Plymouth, United Kingdom
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