Europe 1 with AFP // Photo credit: Jean-Marc Barrère / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP 10:24 p.m., November 9, 2024The Grenoble public prosecutor’s office announced the death of the eight-year-old boy who fell from the fourth floor of his building at the end of October, in Villefontaine, this Saturday. His older brother, aged 26, was arrested after the incident and then placed in police custody; he is today hospitalized in a psychiatric ward in an isolation room.
An eight-year-old boy who fell from the 4th floor of his building at the end of October in Villefontaine (Isère) died on Saturday, we learned from the Grenoble public prosecutor’s office. The child, who suffered a life-threatening condition when he was transported to hospital on the morning of October 27, had since been in a coma and brain dead for 48 hours before his death, according to the Dauphiné Libéré.
Investigation opened for attempted homicide of minor under 15 years old
The child’s older brother, aged 26, was arrested after the incident and then placed in police custody, and a psychiatric examination was requested against him. An investigation into attempted homicide of a minor under the age of 15 was first opened by the Vienna public prosecutor’s office, which then relinquished the case in favor of that of Grenoble.
The big brother, released from police custody for medical reasons, is today hospitalized in psychiatry in an isolation room, according to Dauphiné Libéré, which specifies that the required psychiatric examination has still not been carried out.
