Authorities: No foul play in death of girl found in Durham County pond

Joseph Kramer reported his daughter, Lucy, missing on April 9, telling authorities he had put her down for a nap and then couldn't find her after working for about an hour in the crawlspace of the family's home at 9706 Rougemont Road. The girl's mother was at work, he said.

Kramer is out of breath as he provides information to a 911 dispatcher, saying he has run all over the wooded property looking for her.

"I've got thick woods next to me. Don't know why she would go in there," he told the dispatcher.

Kramer said his brown Labrador retriever, Hops, also was missing.

"Has she ever run off before?" the dispatcher asks.

"No," he responds. "My dog's never run off either."

Kramer can be heard calling for Lucy several times during the nine-minute 911 call.

A Durham County Sheriff's Office report states that four deputies formed a line to search the woods because no police K-9 units were available. They spotted the girl floating in a swampy area in the woods, and one deputy jumped in the water to retrieve her.

As two deputies performed CPR, Lucy vomited up water, the report states. A third deputy ran back to the house to bring paramedics back through the woods.

A neighbor who is a firefighter drove an off-road vehicle into the woods, and paramedics put Lucy on the flatbed portion to be carried back to an ambulance, according to the report. She was then taken to Duke University Hospital, where she died a day later.