Two-year-old boy is left alone and dies of hunger: his father had died of a heart attack at home

Dad had a heart attack, and he, left alone, died of starvation. Their lifeless bodies were found by the police in the apartment where they lived days after the tragedy. happened to Genevaabout 45 miles southeast of Rochester and 55 miles SW of Syracusein the state of Young york (United States), last February. But only in the last few hours has confirmation of the dynamics of what happened, nine full months after the events, arrived.

According to what was reconstructed by the investigators, as reported NBC News🇧🇷 David Conde Senior, 59 years old and David Count Jr., age 2, were found dead on Feb. 15 in their Geneva apartment. The father died naturally by “cardiovascular diseasesthe county sheriff’s department said in a statement, as the this causes of the child’s death was hunger: “It was accidental”It is believed that Mr. Conde died first and the child was unable to obtain any food after his father’s death,” the statement concluded.

The two were last seen alive on January 22 and investigators said there were no signs of tame or other type of violence in apartment. Police were alerted after none of the family members had been able to contact the 59-year-old man for more than a week. When the officers arrived at the Serenity Manor Apartments, they noticed the door was locked🇧🇷 They were thus forced to break into the house, not least because not even the doorman had been able to open the door due to a jammed bolt.

Then they discovered the body of the father lying on the bed and next to him that of the child. “There were no signs of argument in residence. We have no reason to believe anyone else was in the apartment when they died,” the sheriff said, adding: “It was a very difficult scene for us to work with. It’s not something we see every day. Unpleasant. It was very upsetting.” According to the local press, the 59-year-old man had the full child custody, while there is no news from the mother.