Police investigate suspected abuse in death of 1-year-old baby in RS

Child was admitted on Friday (10) and died on Sunday (12). Reproduction/RBS TV The Civil Police of Rio Grande do Sul is investigating the death of a one-year-old baby at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. He was admitted on Friday (10) and died on Sunday (12). The death is being investigated on suspicion of abuse, according to the director of the Special Division for Children and Adolescents (DECA) in RS, André Ciardullo Mocciaro. ? Access the g1 RS channel on WhatsApp "The suspicion is that there was mistreatment, because there are signs of violence. However, these signs of violence have to be interpreted by a legal medical expert. This expertise will reveal whether those signs of violence were related, caused, or resulted in death or not", he states. The Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre said it will not comment on the case.