What happened to Noah Woods? Timeline of 3-year-old Suffolk boy's disappearance and death
A UK inquest has heard how three-year-old Noah Woods slipped through a gap in a playground fence before he was later found dead in a Suffolk pond.
On September 15, three-year-old Noah Woods went missing from Brantham, Suffolk. His body was discovered in Decoy Pond the following day. The inquest at Suffolk Coroner's Court in Ipswich opened with Assistant Coroner Jyoti Gill describing it as "a very sad and tragic death."
CCTV footage showed Noah in a play area being watched by a relative. Authorities stated this was part of a normal routine. However, Noah then left through a gap in the fence, entering a memorial garden. He ran along a path towards the pond, where he went out of sight. Another man joined the search before police arrived.
Brantham Parish Council expressed deep sorrow over Noah's death and offered support to his family. They mentioned a break in the internal fencing between the play area and the memorial garden, but assured it was enclosed by appropriate perimeter fencing. Noah's father, Rhys Woods, requested during the search that teams avoid the Decoy Pond area, as it had already been thoroughly searched.
Noah's body was found five meters from the pond's edge, caught in submerged tree roots, at a depth of 1.8 meters. Paramedics confirmed his death at 16:31 BST. A post-mortem examination was conducted at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, with further investigation needed to determine the final cause of death. Police stated they were not treating Noah's death as suspicious, and the search for Noah involved over 1,300 people, including helicopters and dog units.
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