A drowned woman’s body lay at the bottom of a public pool for two days while people swam in the water.
Marie Joseph, 36, drowned in the Fall River, Massachusetts pool on Sunday, but her body was not discovered until Tuesday evening when youngsters jumped the fence to take an illicit evening swim.
Incredibly, a 9-year-old boy who was with Mrs Joseph on Sunday went to tell a life guard she had fallen into the pool – but was reportedly ignored.
Speaking to NBC 10 friends of Joseph said they did not understand how the body remained in the bottom of Veteran’s Memorial Pool at Lafayette Park for two days unnoticed.
One woman said: ‘People were swimming there with a body in there. They didn’t find the body until [Tuesday night].
Another friend added: ‘She can’t swim. She told me this like two weeks ago. She can’t swim.’
Despite being missing for two days, Friends of Mrs Joseph did not report her disappearance to the authorities.
According to the friends, they left Mrs Joseph on Sunday to watch the 9-year-old boy while he played on the slide.
Police said the woman somehow fell down the slide, landing on top of the boy shortly after he entered the water.
