Anguished screams ring out after toddler sisters aged 3 sneaked into yard pool and drowned whereas mother and grandpa have been asleep

Horrifying screams rang out in a quaint Texas neighborhood after two toddler sisters snuck into a backyard pool area and drowned while their mother and grandpa were asleep inside, according to police. 

The unidentified toddlers, both three, are believed to have crept through a patio door leading to a pool at a home in Katy, about 30 minutes from Houston, around 11.30am Wednesday, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said.

Their grandmother had returned home from the grocery store when she discovered the two girls in the pool. The girls’ mother and grandfather were asleep inside the home at the time. 

The grandma, who has not been named, started yelling and tried to pull them out of the water as her unidentified daughter and husband rushed to assist her. 

At least two neighbors who heard the commotion also ran over to help. After hearing the shouting, a woman called 911 and reported the girls had drowned. 

When sheriff’s deputies arrived at the home, they found paramedics performing life-saving measures on the siblings, who were soon rushed by helicopter to a nearby hospital. 

Unfortunately, the sisters were pronounced dead at the hospital, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez posted to social media later that evening. 

‘This is a devastating loss for the family and our community,’ Gonzalez shared. ‘Please keep everyone involved — including the loved ones and first responders — in your thoughts and prayers.’ 

A pair of three-year-old sisters tragically died after they snuck into a backyard pool in Katy, Texas, on Wednesday morning, according to police 

The girls were found in the water by their grandmother, who had just returned home from the grocery store. Their mother and grandfather were asleep inside the home

It is unclear exactly how the girls snuck into the pool area, which is enclosed on the exterior of the home by a tall wooden fence. 

Investigators are still trying to determine how long the little girls were in the water before they were found. 

The Daily Mail contacted the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences for comment. 

In the state of Texas, it is required by law for homeowners with swimming pools to have a locked fence or gate surrounding the perimeter of the area. 

‘If you have children, make sure that you have a barrier around the pool and make sure that the doors are locked leading up to the pool and side gate at all times,’ Harris County Sheriff’s Office Major Ben Katrib said. 

Heartbroken neighbors were left devastated after hearing the sisters did not survive. 

David Green said he was outside walking his dog when he suddenly heard a loud scream.

‘They’ve been really great neighbors for 25 years,’ Green told KHOU 11. ‘I really feel for them.’ 

Unfortunately, the sisters were pronounced dead at the hospital, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez posted to social media later that evening

Another neighbor named Maria told Abc 13 they were ‘beautiful girls’ and the whole situation is ‘so so sad.’ 

Chester Tucker, who also lives nearby, told the outlet: ‘It’s just sad to see that two little girls… lost their lives. It’s pretty sad.’ 

The siblings’ tragic deaths come just weeks after three brothers died after one fell into a frozen pond and the other two tried to save his life near Bonham, Texas. 

Cheyenne Hangaman and her six children were staying at a friend’s home across the street from the private pond in late January when the unthinkable happened. 

She said she had warned them to stay away from it as conditions turned brutal during the weekend’s winter storm. 

Another neighbor named Maria said they were ‘beautiful girls’ and the whole situation is ‘so so sad’

However, her six-year-old son Howard had tried to ‘skate’ on the frozen pond and fell in. His brothers EJ, nine, and Kaleb, eight, then leapt into the water to try and save him. 

First responders and a neighbor pulled the two older boys from the water, and the youngest sibling was found after an extensive search of the pond. 

The three boys were elementary school students in the Bonham Independent School District, which had canceled classes due to the treacherous Winter Storm Fern that swept across the nation.