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A 74-year-old woman found deceased in a pool at a home Thursday had been there for several days, according to Phoenix police officials.
Firefighters and police responded to the home near 18th Street and Thunderbird Road around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday where an adult female was found in the pool.
Phoenix Fire Capt. Benjamin Santillan said the woman had obvious signs of being deceased. It is believed that the woman had been in the pool for several days.
Sgt. Steve Martos, spokesman for Phoenix police, said foul play is not suspected.
Santillan said Phoenix police officers then conducted a search of the house and found an elderly woman who had fallen out of bed and had been lying there for a day.
She was taken to the hospital for evaluation and treatment.
The victim’s name has not been released pending notification of next-of-kin.
No other details were released.

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An 37-year-old woman is fighting to survive after being found unconscious in a Phoenix pool Thursday night.
A spokesman with the Phoenix Fire Department said the woman’s husband found her in the pool near 44th Street and McDowell Road.
Officials said the woman has a history of seizures. It is not known how long the woman was in the pool for.
Crews said paramedics on scene provided life-saving measures before she was taken to the hospital.
Her current condition is unknown at this time.
Crews are still trying to determine how and why the woman ended up in the pool.
Stay with abc15.com for updates on this developing story.

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A 16-year-old has died after he was found in a Glendale apartment complex swimming pool on Monday morning.
Glendale Fire Department said the boy, identified by his brother as Quentin Hoffman, was transported to hospital where was pronounced dead.
Officials said the boy and his two other friends were playing video games until 4:30 a.m., when they decided to take a swim at the apartment complex pool near 59th Avenue and Beardsley Road.
The victim’s friends told officials they were distracted for about 20 minutes and when they looked back at the pool they found their friend at the bottom of the pool.
After noticing the boy in the pool, the two friends performed CPR until paramedics arrived on the scene.
It is unknown how long the 16-year-old was at the bottom of the pool.

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A body found in the Colorado River has been identified as a Phoenix man reported missing last month on a commercial rafting trip in Grand Canyon National Park.
Park officials announced Friday that the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the body was that of 68-year-old Victor Tseng.
The body was recovered July 4 about 25 miles from where Tseng reportedly fell into from a ledge into the river on June 17. Authorities say he wasn’t wearing a life jacket.
Park Service officials say search and rescue teams combed the area by air and boat for days but turned up no clues about Tseng’s whereabouts.
Flyers with Tseng’s picture and description had remained posted at river trip launch areas and takeout points until the body was found and identified.

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A 90-year-old woman is in critical condition after being found in a Phoenix pool Wednesday.
Phoenix Fire responded to the home near Alameda Road and 51st Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Crews attempted to resuscitate the woman. She was transported to a local hospital in extremely critical condition.
No other details were released.

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The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has identified the Scottsdale man who drowned at Saguaro Lake Saturday afternoon.
Thomas Martin Huber, 42, was attempting a forward flip as he jumped from a cliff near Sandy Beach, according to Deputy Joaquin Enriquez. The momentum of the flip caused him to over-rotate and land on his back instead of striking the water with his feet.
Huber briefly resurfaced then went under the water.
Witnesses said Huber did not call for help and did not appear to be in distress.
Witnesses attempted to locate and recover Huber, but they were unable to do so.
MCSO Lake Patrol divers responded to the scene and located Huber in approximately 8 feet of water. Enriquez said the current had carried Huber a short distance downstream from where he had initially entered the water.
No obvious signs of trauma were found. His body was taken to the medical examiner’s office for further investigation.

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The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has identified the Scottsdale man who drowned at Saguaro Lake Saturday afternoon.
Thomas Martin Huber, 42, was attempting a forward flip as he jumped from a cliff near Sandy Beach, according to Deputy Joaquin Enriquez. The momentum of the flip caused him to over-rotate and land on his back instead of striking the water with his feet.
Huber briefly resurfaced then went under the water.
Witnesses said Huber did not call for help and did not appear to be in distress.
Witnesses attempted to locate and recover Huber, but they were unable to do so.
MCSO Lake Patrol divers responded to the scene and located Huber in approximately 8 feet of water. Enriquez said the current had carried Huber a short distance downstream from where he had initially entered the water.
No obvious signs of trauma were found. His body was taken to the medical examiner’s office for further investigation.

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A body was recovered from the Colorado River inside the Grand Canyon National Park Friday, according to a park official.
Park officials said a commercial river trip contacted authorities after locating the body near River Mark 182, according to a press release. The body was transported to the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office in Flagstaff.
The National Park Service said the body was found about 25 miles down river from where Dr. Victor Tseng, 68, went missing June 27. The Valley doctor was not wearing a life jacket when we want missing, officials said.
The Medical Examiner’s Office has not released the body’s identity.

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Phoenix police are investigating after a woman was found floating in a pool Tuesday.
Lt. Michael Pooley of the Tempe Police Department said authorities responded to a home after 2 p.m. between Guadalupe and Baseline roads, near McClintock Drive.
Pooley said a neighbor called authorities have seeing her neighbor, a woman in her 30s, floating in the pool.
The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.
No other details were released.

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A 37-year-old old man is dead after reportedly chasing a runaway raft that had blown away in the high winds at Lake Mohave.
Officials at Lake Mead National Recreation Area say they received reports a little after 12:30 p.m. Sunday that the man had gone underwater.
Members of a diving class who were training nearby found the man about 40 feet underwater and brought him to the surface.
Lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful, and the man was pronounced dead at an Arizona hospital a little after 1:30 p.m.
Officials with the National Park Service say winds were gusting nearly 20 mph at the time of the incident, and the man hadn’t been wearing a life jacket.
He was from Bullhead City, Ariz., but his name was not immediately released.

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