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Fund Created for 6-Year-Old Bridgeview Boy Found Drowned in Pool
Friends have set up a fund in Tristian Jeras's name at Chase Bank. Officials believe the 6-year-old boy slipped out of the house in the middle of the night Thursday. He was found drowned four hours later in a neighbor's pool.
A 6-year-old Bridgeview boy who apparently got out of bed in the middle of the night was found dead in a neighbor’s pool on Thursday, Chicago Breaking News reported.
The parents reported Tristian Jeras, 6, missing when they checked his bedroom around 7 a.m. Officials believe the boy may have left the house on the 7100 block of Garden Lane sometime between 2 and 6 a.m.
Bridgeview police and firefighters and parents searched the neighborhood and along wooded areas and railroad tracks near the family’s’ home for four hours. Sadly, Tristian was found floating in a neighbor’s aboveground swimming pool several houses down from he lived.
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Friends have set up a fund in Tristian’s name to help his family during this difficult time. T-shirts are also being made, proceeds of which will go toward his family. Information is forthcoming.
Donations for the fund can be dropped off at any branch or mailed to:
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Tristin Jeras Benefit Account # 405077137
c/o Chase Bank
15100 S Lagrange Rd
Orland Park, IL. 60462
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