The drama surrounding five-year-old Dominik from Linz caused a great stir at the beginning of March. The little boy fell to his death from the fourth floor of his parents’ apartment. As the “Krone” already knew at the time, the mother was not in the apartment at the time of the accident. There was currently no official confirmation of this. The Public Prosecution Service has now filed a criminal complaint against the woman and her boyfriend.
The tragedy occurred on the afternoon of March 3 in the port area of Linz. Little Dominik was probably sleeping in the nursery when his mother (36) and her boyfriend (39) decided to go for a walk. They clearly didn’t want to wake the five year old.
They locked the nursery door and were then out of the apartment for about an hour. The boy should be awake by now. He probably wanted to see where his mother was.
Polytrauma was fatal
He climbed to a small window that was not secured. He probably leaned too far forward and lost his balance. The consequences were terrible. The child fell from the fourth floor, hit the asphalt and was probably killed instantly. “The cause of death was polytrauma,” explains Ulrike Breiteneder, spokeswoman for the Linz public prosecutor’s office. The autopsy revealed a traumatic brain injury, as well as massive injuries to the cervical spine, thoracic cage and other fractures.
A passerby found the child and raised the alarm. When the police arrived, the mother was not yet there. When the woman heard about Dominik’s death, she had a nervous breakdown.
Three years in prison possible
The Linz Public Prosecutor’s Office has now filed a criminal complaint against the 36-year-old and her boyfriend (39), who is not the boy’s father, on suspicion of murder by gross negligence. This carries a maximum prison sentence of three years. The hearing will take place on July 23 at the Linz Regional Court.
Source: Krone
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