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on july 2 2001 bunmi shagaya disappeared during a school visit to the lac de caniel in normandy france

nobody saw here leave the protected liitle beach where she sat with her classmates

she was only discovered missing when the party returned to the coach at the end of the day and conducted a head count

24 hours later there was no sign or sound of her

policemen checked the lake and searched the shoreline for any clue

the third day police divers were called in to search the lake and the help of a reed cutting boat was enlisted

during this whole time french police kept the lake open

families frollicked in the summer sun while a few feet away divers searched the weed choked lake for the missing 11-year-old from brixton london

four days after she disappeared bunmi surfaced from the lake and was discovered by a park employee floating face down

the lake remained closed for the day

with two teachers and three lifeguards on the look-out bunmi had slipped below the surface of the water and drowned within fifteen feet of the shore