NORTON, Mass. (WPRI) — Dozens gathered in the bitter cold Monday evening to remember a 6-year-old Norton girl who died after being pulled from an icy river near her home last week.
Josephine “Josie” Pinto passed away Friday nearly an hour after her parents first reported her missing from their Power Street home. Her disappearance triggered an extensive search of the nearby Barrowsville Pond and Wading River.
Divers eventually found her unresponsive in the water near the bridge over Power Street, which is just across the street from her home. She was rushed to Sturdy Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead…