ST. PETERS, Mo. -- A 3-year-old suburban St. Louis boy has died after apparently accidentally hanging himself from a tree.
A playmate found Cody Miller Sunday afternoon at a tree in the backyard of his home in St. Peters, about 30 miles west of St. Louis. Cody's grandfather cut the rope and administered CPR, but the child was pronounced dead upon arrival at a hospital.
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