Witnesses say the mother of the boy who fell from the building used to leave her children alone and that she had gone for a boat ride.
At the time of the fall, only the two oldest children were at home – the youngest had been left at relatives' house.
247 - Military police officers who went to check on the fall of a boy from an apartment on the second floor of a building in Andaraí, Rio de Janeiro, on Sunday (20), told the Civil Police that they heard from witnesses that it was common for children to be left unattended in the property.
According to rreport According to the G1 news portal, Hallan Luis Silva Ramos Ventura, 5 years old, died instantly, falling on the sidewalk of the building located on Rua Dona Amélia, in Andaraí, in the North Zone of Rio. He lived in the apartment with his mother, identified as Jéssica, and two siblings, aged 9 and 3.
At the time of the fall, only the two oldest children were at home – the youngest had been left at a relative's house.
According to the police report obtained by TV Globo, military police officers stated that they heard from witnesses that the mother often went out and left the older children alone, and that on Sunday she had gone out for a boat ride.