HOUSTON – On Sunday afternoon, an 8-year-old girl was found in the drain pipes of a northwest Houston pool. Now, the pool, located at the Double Tree Hotel on Northwest Freeway and Pinemont Drive, is ...

The tragic death of an 8-year-old girl who was found dead in a pool at a local DoubleTree by Hilton property on Saturday has raised several key questions about the pool inspection process in Houston.

The operator of a Houston hotel where an 8-year-old girl died last weekend after being sucked into an underwater pipe didn't obtain a city-required inspection after it remodeled the pool last year.

Century Pools, a pool construction company in business since 1964, has introduced a free pool safety inspection program designed to help homeowners maintain their inground pools throughout the year.