Missing 2-year-old found dead in pond after extensive search, cops say. ‘So crushing’

A 2-year-old girl’s body was pulled from an Indianapolis pond hours after she went missing, Indiana cops said.

Anna Fabor Mandanda went missing the afternoon of May 4, launching an extensive search by police and community members around the neighborhood, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a May 4 Facebook post.

She was found dead around midnight in a pond near the last place she was seen, police said.

“I myself have a 2-year-old daughter and, for me, it’s like so crushing, and I just couldn’t imagine what they’re going through right now,” community member Ben Fox, who helped search for the missing child, told WLTX.

The Marion County Coroner’s Ofice said the toddler drowned in the pond near her home.

“This is a tragic loss for a family and our community,” police said.

Police said they are continuing to investigate the circumstances that led Mandana to go missing.