What the autopsy revealed of the boy who died after being locked in a car for six hours

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This Wednesday, the Neuquén Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the first results of the autopsy carried out on the body of the 3-year-old boy who died after being forgotten by his parents inside a car for six hours.

According to the preliminary report of the Forensic Medical Corps of the Judicial Branch, the cause of death was “asphyxiation due to confinement.”

“No recent or old injuries compatible with physical abuse were observed,” the document added. It is worth mentioning that the victim’s parents were accused of alleged acts of violence.

The child remained hospitalized in intensive care for a week. His death occurred after 8 p.m. on Monday, after brain death was confirmed.

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The case was in charge of prosecutor Andrés Azar, head of Crimes Against Persons, who ordered a series of rigorous measures, including interviews with kindergarten teachers and the police officers who provided the first aid to the family.

Co-workers of the mother and father were also interviewed. In addition, the judicial official requested the survey of security cameras in the area where the incident occurred.

Since last Monday, the Neuquén Justice Department has been carrying out an investigation into a possible case of child abuse, after the child’s mother found him fainted in his special seat in the back seats of the car.

She, along with her partner, had gone to work and said they had forgotten to leave the child at daycare. The woman tried to revive him by giving him water and then took him to a clinic.

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As detailed, the minor was alone in the vehicle from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Both parents work in a public office dependent on the Government of the City of Neuquén.

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After the incident, the little boy was transferred to the San Lucas Clinic, where he remained hospitalized with respiratory assistance and in a reserved state. Through studies, it was possible to verify that the little boy had severe neurological damage as a result of the confinement and the heat he experienced in the city.

He remained on respiratory assistance until this Tuesday at 8:15 p.m., when doctors confirmed his death.

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Meanwhile, Justice will seek to determine if the child is a victim of violence or abuse by his parents.

According to what the parents said when the incident occurred, they had to leave him at daycare that morning before going to work, although both had forgotten that the minor was in the back of the car.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office tries to establish whether they are facing “the possible commission of a criminal act.”

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For now, the prosecutor in charge of the case, Valeria Panozzo, ordered that the security cameras in the area be analyzed. Meanwhile, the head of the Ombudsman’s Office for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, Natalia Stornini, said that they could intervene in the case if the Prosecutor’s Office determines that there was a crime.