Investigation Launched after Boy’s Body Found in Pond

LUFKIN (AP) – The Angelina County Sheriff’s Office announced they are investigating the death of a 3-year old. Searchers found the body of the missing East Texas boy in a pond near his family’s home. Authorities say Mason Cuttler was located before dawn last Tuesday east of his residence near Lufkin. Angelina County Sheriff Greg Sanches says a deputy walking the property and searching for the boy spotted the body near the surface of the pond. Mason was last seen the afternoon of August 17th playing outside his home. Authorities believe the child wandered away while his parents were cleaning the residence. The father, Kevin Cuttler, says his son was allergic to some cleaning products so the boy had been playing outside.