(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – An employee of Pirate Cove Water Park in Council Bluffs, early Monday morning, discovered the body of a person in the pool. Authorities says police and rescue personnel were called to the park at 915 N. 21st Street, a little after 7-a.m. a for a report of a man down. Responding personnel located a deceased 12-year-old male in the  deep end of the pool, which was closed for the season and not open to the public this past weekend.

Investigators believe that the victim jumped the fence and gained access to the pool. It is believed that the victim entered the deep end of the pool and accidentally drowned. The boy’s family was notified. The police department will not be releasing the name of the victim at the family’s request.

The victim recently began attending Wilson Jr. High School in Council Bluffs.