“On April 20, in the evening, in the village of Kerzhemok, Shatkovsky district, two girls went for a walk.

They were last seen around 18:00 near the pond.

The girls did not return home, ”the UK noted.

On the fact of the unknown disappearance of two girls born in 2013, a criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 2 of Art.

105 of the Criminal Code of Russia.

“At night on April 21, the body of one of the missing girls was taken out of the pond.

When examining him, the investigators of the Investigative Committee did not find any visible bodily injuries of a criminal nature, ”the department added.

Presumably, the death of the child occurred as a result of asphyxiation during drowning.

As specified, the body of the second girl was also found in the reservoir.

In February, the prosecutor's office in the Saratov region began checking after two boys drowned in a river, falling through the ice.