Almost the exact same thing happened last year. We have had two drownings so far this year and both were preventable. Watch your kids around the water, it only takes a second.<br /><br /><br />LAKE WYLIE, S.C. -- Nearly 24 hours after 2-year-old Trinity Nicole Casey disappeared from a family gathering, police divers found her tiny body Wednesday in Lake Wylie, a few feet from the backyard pier.<br /><br />S.C. officials had issued an Amber Alert, and dozens of local, state and federal officials as well as neighbors spent Tuesday night scouring the lake area near the N.C. line. The incident generated national media attention.<br /><br />The girl was found floating about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday near her grandparents' pier on Riverfront Road, according to the York County Sheriff's Office.<br /><br />No criminal charges are anticipated because the girl appears to have drowned accidentally, but her body will be examined by the York County coroner's office, said Kristie Jordan, staff attorney for the Sheriff's Office.<br /><br />"I don't think there's anything at this point that indicates anything other than a tragic accident," Jordan said. "This was just a momentary loss of attention."<br /><br />Although Trinity was found in such a logical place, York County Sheriff Bruce Bryant said it wasn't unusual that it took a day to find her in the murky water, especially since she was so small. Trinity's family described her as about 2 feet tall and 20 pounds.<br /><br />"We have spent as much as two and three months here searching for people who drowned," Bryant said.<br /><br />Trinity's death came only a few days after her family had moved to the area from Illinois. Josh and Jeanette Casey and their four children -- ages 1, 2, 9 and 12 -- came to Clover to be closer to family.<br /><br />"They all wanted a fresh start," said David Jensen, 22, of York, Josh Casey's half brother.<br /><br />The get-together Tuesday was the first time the family had met the Caseys' youngest children, Jensen said.<br /><br />Most of the kids and adults were swimming that afternoon, but not Trinity, recalled Amanda Duncan, 26, Jensen's fiancée.<br /><br />"She was scared of that water," Duncan said.<br /><br />Duncan said she brought the girl inside to change her diaper, took her back by the dock and then turned to help the Caseys' 1-year-old, who was in a kiddie pool.<br /><br />"I turned around for a split second to pick him up and she was gone," Duncan said, breaking into tears. "It wasn't even one minute."
