‘A pure, innocent little soul’: Mother shares memories of her child who died after going missing in Silverthorne

Summit County Rescue Group members and law enforcement officers Tuesday, July 22, found a child, who had been missing from Silverthorne’s Willow Grove Open Space, in the Blue River nearby.

Responders pulled Zeldris Milo Maes, 1, of Arvada, out of the river and performed CPR on him, but he did not regain spontaneous circulation, according to Summit County Coroner Amber Flenniken. She said Zeldris Maes was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Serenity Maes, Zeldris Maes’ mother, described her son as a “very happy baby” in a message to Summit Daily News. The stay-at-home mother said she, Zeldris Maes and his father “did everything together.”…

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