MI Toddler, 16 Months, Drowns In Lake Close To Home: Sheriff

BUTMAN TOWNSHIP, MI — A 16-month-old child drowned in a northern Michigan lake last weekend, according to the Gladwin County Sheriff's Office.

The incident happened at 7:40 p.m. Saturday at a home on Lake Lancer in Butman Township, officials said.

Officers were called to the home on a report of a missing child. While searching the area, officers found the toddler unresponsive in the lake a short distance from his residence, officials said.

Life-saving measures by deputies and medical responders were unsuccessful, officials said.

Officials did not release the child's name.

Officials do not know how the child got into the lake and were still investigating the incident.

No other details were released.