A single father died of a heart attack in the Altötting district.
His three little daughters spent three more days with him before their aunt found them.
Halsbach - The community in the southern district of Altötting * is in shock.
"This is an unbelievable tragedy," the mayor told the
Passauer neue Presse (PNP).
The 35-year-old Marco F. is dead. The single father lived on the upper floor of a house with his three daughters aged four, three and two years.
There he died of a heart attack on the couch last week.
His daughters stayed alone with him in the apartment for three days and lay down with him.
They thought their papa was just sleeping, the
PNP
reports.
Tragedy in Altötting: daughters stay with their dead father in the apartment for days
On Tuesday (September 21st) the two older children do not show up at the day care center. The sister of the deceased explains to the
PNP
that the girls stayed away
. Her brother often did something with the girls and did not sign them off. He was a very loving and caring father. Did everything for his daughters. Last Friday, she went to her parents' house and wanted to talk to her brother about caring for the mother. The little daughters then told her "that dad has been sleeping for so long". When she got into the apartment, she found her brother dead on the couch.
We can only guess when exactly the family man died.
Possibly in the night of Tuesday, as the daughters no longer came to the daycare from that day on.
The daughters spent three days and nights alone with their father in the apartment.
They lay down on the couch with him, the sister told the
PNP
.
The 4-year-old daughter took care of her younger sisters (3 and 2).
"Johanna made sure that they get through," said the 39-year-old.
She provided the little ones with food and drink.
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Altötting: Father dies - aunt takes children in and fights for custody
The dead man's sister has now taken in her three nieces.
You wouldn't have anyone else either, the 39-year-old told the
PNP
.
“I'm fighting to keep them so that they can stay together.” The children's mother moved out after the birth of the youngest daughter and left custody to the father.
There is great sympathy in the community in Upper Bavaria.
It is not the first time that the family has suffered a stroke of fate.
Their house burned down in the summer of 2015.
At that time, Mayor Martin Poschner organized an aid and donation campaign, which enabled the family to rebuild the house.
Single father dies - community with fundraising campaign
Community fundraising campaign:
Parish Church Foundation Halsbach
IBAN DE46711600000001575961
Password Marco
As the
PNP
reports, this time volunteers could pay into the donation account of the parish church foundation (see info box) to help the aunt and the children.
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