Criminal case opened after child found dead in well near Chernyakhovsk

Investigators in Russia’s Kaliningrad region have opened a criminal case after a four-year-old boy was found dead in an abandoned well near Sobolevo. The regional Investigative Committee reported the case.

According to investigators, the boy’s grandmother contacted police on Tuesday evening after he went missing. He had briefly been left unattended in the yard. Officers searching for him found his body in a water-filled well in a field near the village.

The case is being investigated under Part 1 of Article 109 of Russia’s Criminal Code, which covers causing death by negligence. Investigators said they found no visible injuries indicating a violent death.

A forensic examination has been ordered to establish the precise cause of death.