Boy, 13, Dies After Falling Into Eagan Lake

Eagan MN

03 February, 2021

11:11 AM

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EAGAN, MN — A 13-year-old boy died Friday after falling into Lemay Lake in Eagan. Authorities identified the teen as Jeylon Elijah Holloway of Bloomington. Holloway died of freshwater drowning, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner. Eagan police responded to a report of a missing child near Lemay Lake at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Officers found a shoe near the water, leading them to believe the Jeylon fell near a drainage culvert. Around 2:15 p.m. the Dakota County Sheriff's Office dive team responded and found him unresponsive in the water. Medics performed life-saving measures before transporting him to the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital. He died at 4:21 a.m. Friday. According to a GoFundMe page set up for the teen's family, Jeylon fell into the lake while taking his dog for a walk: Jeylon took his dog Chloe for her daily afternoon walk. Chloe came back to the hotel without Jeylon so his brother went to look for him. His mom Winona called the police when he wasn't found so a search was started. An officer found one of Jeylon's shoes by the lake. Divers were called in to search the lake and found him.Jeylon, a seventh-grader who homeschooled through Bloomington's Oak Grove Middle School, was "outgoing, fun-loving and adventurous" and liked coding games, the page said.