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| Child found floating in sea dies | Child found floating in sea dies |
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| A boy has died after being found floating in the English Channel. | A boy has died after being found floating in the English Channel. |
| Two men in a yacht found the child, aged about two and wearing a floating device, off the coast of Littlehampton, West Sussex, at 1850 BST on Sunday. | Two men in a yacht found the child, aged about two and wearing a floating device, off the coast of Littlehampton, West Sussex, at 1850 BST on Sunday. |
| The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the boy, who has not been identified, later died at Worthing Hospital. | The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the boy, who has not been identified, later died at Worthing Hospital. |
| Police said the search for the boy's father, who is understood to have been with the child, possibly in a dinghy, resumed at about 0600 BST on Monday. | |
| Shortly before the boy was found, another yacht reported an empty dinghy tender, which had personal items in it, about 400 yards from where the child was discovered. | Shortly before the boy was found, another yacht reported an empty dinghy tender, which had personal items in it, about 400 yards from where the child was discovered. |
| The child has not yet been formally identified and his death will be treated as suspicious until the full circumstances become clear Det Ch Insp Adam Hibbert | The child has not yet been formally identified and his death will be treated as suspicious until the full circumstances become clear Det Ch Insp Adam Hibbert |
| Sussex Police said an extensive search was made by Solent Coastguard along the coast between Rustington and Bognor while two Littlehampton RNLI lifeboats searched further. | Sussex Police said an extensive search was made by Solent Coastguard along the coast between Rustington and Bognor while two Littlehampton RNLI lifeboats searched further. |
| Det Ch Insp Adam Hibbert said: "We are in the early stages of an investigation into a tragic and unexplained death of a young boy. | Det Ch Insp Adam Hibbert said: "We are in the early stages of an investigation into a tragic and unexplained death of a young boy. |
| "We are following up on a number of inquiries. | "We are following up on a number of inquiries. |
| "The child has not yet been formally identified and his death will be treated as suspicious until the full circumstances become clear. | "The child has not yet been formally identified and his death will be treated as suspicious until the full circumstances become clear. |
| "We are connecting the young boy with the finding of the empty dinghy and our inquiries continue." | "We are connecting the young boy with the finding of the empty dinghy and our inquiries continue." |
| Sussex Police said they believed they had identified the boy and located his mother but formal identification had yet to take place. | Sussex Police said they believed they had identified the boy and located his mother but formal identification had yet to take place. |