This was reported in the regional headquarters of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

“A criminal case has been instituted on the fact of the death of a three-year-old child on the grounds of a crime under Part 1 of Art. 109 of the Criminal Code of Russia (causing death by negligence), ”the press release said.

According to preliminary data, on the evening of January 5, the boy was briefly left unattended to play in his room, and after a while he "was found in bed by his mother with no signs of life."

Currently, investigators seize the necessary medical documentation and organize a forensic medical examination.

In addition, the living conditions of the deceased child are checked.

Earlier, prosecutors and investigators in Ulyanovsk began checking the death of a child from a prosperous family while playing hide and seek.