São Paulo Police Open Inquiry Into 'Suspicious' Deaths of Two 4-Year-Old Siblings in Pool Drowning

Overview

• Half-siblings Yasmim de Morais Brito, 4 years and 4 months, and Gael da Silva, 4 years and 11 months, drowned during a family gathering at a rented chácara in Dracena, São Paulo.
• A passerby performed resuscitation attempts before relatives drove the children toward medical care, and firefighters assumed the response on the way.
• Both children were pronounced dead at the Pronto Atendimento Municipal de Dracena after efforts to revive them failed.
• The case was registered as "mortes suspeitas," a formal inquiry was confirmed by delegate Cléber Augusto Batista, and the bodies were sent to the IML before burial on Sunday in Panorama.
• O Globo, citing Metrópoles, reported the father was not at the chácara at the time, a detail yet to be confirmed in the police investigation.