Eight-Year-Old Dies After Fall from Fourth Floor in Isère

The child's older brother, initially detained, is now hospitalized in psychiatric care as investigation continues.

The eight-year-old boy fell from his apartment window in Villefontaine, Isère, on October 27 and was in a coma until his death.
Authorities had engaged the child's critical condition upon his hospital transport, and he was declared brain dead 48 hours before his passing.
The boy's 26-year-old brother was taken into custody and is the focus of a homicide investigation.
After being released from custody for medical reasons, the brother was placed in psychiatric care, though his psychiatric evaluation is pending.
The initial investigation for attempted homicide was transferred from the Vienne to the Grenoble prosecutor's office.