CRAWFORD COUNTY, Mo. —Authorities are investigating a drowning on a farm pond in rural Missouri.
Just before 5p.m. January 20, a 5-year-old Steeleville girl identified as Ruby Kay Korte, walked out onto a pond at a private residence off Highway M in rural Crawford County, according to a report from he Missouri State Highway Patrol. She fell through the ice.
Steeleville EMS transported Ruby to Missouri Baptist Hospital in Sullivan where she was pronounced deceased just before 7p.m. The patrol reported no additional details. A funeral mass for Ruby is scheduled for Tuesday, according to Mizell Funeral Home.