Tweet
</span>A coroner has concluded a toddler who drowned in a pool at his family's holiday home in Florida died accidentally.
Thomas Edwards, two, from Llandegla, Denbighshire, was found in the spa end of the pool on in March this year.
A Flint inquest heard it was still not clear how he wandered into the water but an investigation concluded there was "nothing untoward."
Coroner John Hughes said his heart went out to the family.
Mr Hughes read a summary given by Thomas' father, Martin Edwards, to investigators in the United States.
The inquest heard how Mr Edwards, a managing director of Tegla Furniture in Llandegla, had owned the residence in Davenport, Florida, for about five years.
He was holidaying with his wife, Wendy, Thomas, and their two other children, aged seven and 14, when the tragedy happened.
The family were one week into a three-week holiday.
They had eaten breakfast together, then went swimming, and Mr and Mrs Edwards supervised the children at all times.
While the two older children were described as "extremely competent" in the water, Thomas was said to be "competent with the aid of inflatable arm bands".
In his statement, Mr Edwards said he took Thomas from the pool to the house to change his nappy. His wife came in with the two other children.
Shortly afterwards the pair were discussing fitting an alarm system in the pool and Mr Edwards noticed the house seemed quiet and Thomas was nowhere to be seen.
The family "frantically" searched for the little boy, who was found in the pool.
The inquest was told Mr Edwards tried to resuscitate his son and the emergency services were called.
In his statement, Mr Edwards said Thomas was "not afraid of water. He enjoyed getting into the pool".
The inquest heard the entrance gate to the screened-off pool was closed every night, but Mr Edwards had not closed it when he changed Thomas' nappy because he didn't know if anybody was going in or out.
It is possible the boy could have exited through the bathroom that leads to the pool, the inquest heard.
Crime scene investigators concluded there were "no pieces of sinister evidence and nothing to suggest this was anything other than a tragic accident".
The cause of death was drowning.
Coroner Mr Hughes said he accepted "entirely" the evidence from the United States and thought this was a "tragic accident".
He told Mr Edwards "my heart goes out to you as a father, that you have had this terrible tragedy in your lives."
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Thomas Edwards, two, from Llandegla, Denbighshire, was found in the spa end of the pool on in March this year.
A Flint inquest heard it was still not clear how he wandered into the water but an investigation concluded there was "nothing untoward."
Coroner John Hughes said his heart went out to the family.
Mr Hughes read a summary given by Thomas' father, Martin Edwards, to investigators in the United States.
The inquest heard how Mr Edwards, a managing director of Tegla Furniture in Llandegla, had owned the residence in Davenport, Florida, for about five years.
He was holidaying with his wife, Wendy, Thomas, and their two other children, aged seven and 14, when the tragedy happened.
The family were one week into a three-week holiday.
They had eaten breakfast together, then went swimming, and Mr and Mrs Edwards supervised the children at all times.
While the two older children were described as "extremely competent" in the water, Thomas was said to be "competent with the aid of inflatable arm bands".
In his statement, Mr Edwards said he took Thomas from the pool to the house to change his nappy. His wife came in with the two other children.
Shortly afterwards the pair were discussing fitting an alarm system in the pool and Mr Edwards noticed the house seemed quiet and Thomas was nowhere to be seen.
“My heart goes out to you as a father, that you have had this terrible tragedy in your lives”
John Hughes North East Wales coroner The inquest was told Mr Edwards tried to resuscitate his son and the emergency services were called.
In his statement, Mr Edwards said Thomas was "not afraid of water. He enjoyed getting into the pool".
The inquest heard the entrance gate to the screened-off pool was closed every night, but Mr Edwards had not closed it when he changed Thomas' nappy because he didn't know if anybody was going in or out.
It is possible the boy could have exited through the bathroom that leads to the pool, the inquest heard.
Crime scene investigators concluded there were "no pieces of sinister evidence and nothing to suggest this was anything other than a tragic accident".
The cause of death was drowning.
Coroner Mr Hughes said he accepted "entirely" the evidence from the United States and thought this was a "tragic accident".
He told Mr Edwards "my heart goes out to you as a father, that you have had this terrible tragedy in your lives."
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.