Cold drama in Austria: two-year-old freezes to death looking for his parents
Created: 12/23/2021, 4:27 PM
From: Yasina Hipp
A two-year-old froze to death looking for his parents.
(Symbol picture) © imago / Robert Kalb
A two-year-old boy dies in Upper Austria when he leaves the house to look for his parents.
The police are investigating.
Linz - A year could hardly end worse for parents.
A terrible tragedy broke out during the night in a small town near Linz in Upper Austria.
A two-year-old boy froze to death in the cold at around minus ten degrees.
As the
dpa
reports, the little boy left the house in the evening because he wanted to look for his parents.
According to
dpa
information, the
31 and 28-year-old parents were
visiting neighbors and had left their son at home alone.
Tragic death of a two-year-old: a baby monitor was switched on
Since the two-year-old was at home alone, the parents switched on a baby monitor.
But when the little one decided to leave the house, probably to look for his parents, the device didn't work.
The parents did not notice that their son is no longer in his cot in the house.
In the area around the 200,000-inhabitant city of Linz, temperatures of down to minus ten degrees currently prevail at night.
So the two-year-old left the house in the freezing cold.
In the morning the child was found lifeless in the garage area.
The resuscitation attempts of the emergency doctor failed - the boy froze to death.
Frozen two-year-old: investigation into negligent homicide
The authorities of the provincial capital of Upper Austria are now investigating the suspicion of negligent homicide against the parents.
Further information is not yet available.
The Criminal Code (StGB) differentiates between negligent homicide and deliberate homicide.
The focus is on negligence and thus the disregard and neglect of the necessary due diligence.
The willful or possibly also knowingly injuring a victim is not given here, in contrast to deliberate killing.
According to the StGB, negligent homicide is punishable by imprisonment of up to five years or a fine.
