Bolivian police investigate a Possible case of infanticide Followed by suicide after the discovery of the lifeless bodies of a 4 -year -old boy and his 47 -year -old father, in a ravine in the housing area, in the Alto Valley of Cochabamba.
The minor, identified as JPBM, had been reported as disappeared by his mother and older sister on September 18. The Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents of Sacaba He received the complaint four days later. The search culminated tragically on Friday, when the police found their lifeless body in a ravine.
Meters later a wrecked vehicle was also found, inside which was the body of the child’s father.
Initially, it was thought that a traffic accident had occurred; However, due to the circumstances of the fact, there is now a possible poisoning of the child and subsequent suicide of his parent.
According to the first versions of the incident, the man arrived on September 18 at the home where the child lived after an argument with his partner and then took him to walk to a park, but no longer returned.
A father’s brother declared that he managed to communicate with him on the phone the same day they disappeared, while the child’s maternal family denounced the fact and actively participated in his search.
