Capital investigators detained a 24-year-old man who on August 4 almost killed his own two-year-old son, throwing him off the balcony.

The video from the security camera at the entrance of the house shows a man in shorts running out of the entrance shortly after the fall of the child. Glancing briefly in the direction of the seriously wounded boy, who lies in the middle of the road, he, without stopping, quickly ran in the other direction. It was possible to establish his whereabouts the next day.

“The Investigation Directorate for the South-Eastern Administrative District of the Main Investigation Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow is investigating a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 30, item "c" part 2 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted murder of a minor). As previously reported, on the evening of August 4, 2021, a two-year-old boy with injuries typical of a fall from a height was found near a residential building located on Shumilova Street in Moscow. A child in serious condition was hospitalized in a medical institution, where he is provided with the necessary assistance. It was established that the father threw the child from the balcony of the fifth floor and then disappeared. Currently, his whereabouts have been established, and in the near future he will be delivered to a department of the department to carry out the necessary investigative actions, ”- said in the message of the Moscow Department of the Investigative Committee.

  • Leonid Kudryavtsev

  • © Screenshot from video: RF IC

A short video published on Thursday afternoon by the Investigative Committee shows a fragment of the interrogation of a detainee, who, according to media reports, is called Leonid Kudryavtsev.

When the investigator asked why he was detained, the man replies: "About the miscarriage of the child through the window."

Further in the video, he explains that he threw his own son from the balcony located on the fifth floor.

Kudryavtsev did not explain the motives for his action.

Yulia Ivanova, senior assistant to the head of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia in the city, told the Moscow agency that the Kuzminsky District Court of Moscow would choose a measure of restraint for the detainee on August 6.

According to media reports, on Thursday, there was a positive trend in the child's condition, although it still remains difficult.

According to unconfirmed information, earlier Leonid Kudryavtsev had already been brought to administrative responsibility for parents' failure to fulfill their responsibilities for the maintenance and upbringing of minors and for the use of alcoholic products in prohibited places or the consumption of drugs.

As the mother of the boy Alexander Mayorov told REN TV, Kudryavtsev came to the capital with the child to get vaccinated.

They communicated on the eve of the incident, and there was a quarrel between them.

“The child is in serious condition.

We are the last two days cursing, he had to go to my mother, to make vaccination

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- said Mayorov, also noting that the boy's father abused alcohol.

At the same time, she stressed that the man loved his son very much and did not know what could lead to the tragedy. 

"MK" clarifies that the family permanently lived in Podolsk near Moscow, in the apartment of his brother Leonid. Before arriving in Moscow, on which Kudryavtsev's mother insisted, on August 2 he had a serious fight with his wife, as a result of which the district policeman visited the family. The next day, on August 3, the couple had a wedding anniversary and, perhaps, Kudryavtsev used something - MK, referring to the words of the man's mother, claims that on August 4, his behavior was strange.

The metropolitan prosecutor's office will also carry out its check on the incident. “In the course of the audit, the conduct of which was entrusted to the Kuzminskaya Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office, the circumstances and reasons for the incident will be established, an assessment will be made of the fulfillment by the responsible persons of the requirements of federal legislation on minors, as well as the actions of parents to fulfill their parental duties. Based on the results of the check, if there are grounds, prosecutorial response measures will be taken. The course and results of the investigation of the criminal case initiated on this fact under Part 3 of Art. 30, item "c" part 2 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted murder of a minor) have been placed under special control in the Moscow prosecutor's office, ”the supervisory agency said in a statement.

The city authorities did not stay away from the tragedy.

The press service of the Moscow Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population told the "Moscow" agency that, if necessary, they would provide assistance to the boy's relatives.

“Now the child is in the hospital, he is receiving medical assistance.

The circumstances of the incident are being investigated by law enforcement agencies.

Previously, the family did not apply for social assistance.

Social security workers will contact the boy's family and, if necessary, will provide assistance, ”the department told the Moscow agency.