A mother and her toddler have been found dead alongside the woman’s grandmother in mysterious circumstances.
The three victims were discovered on a bed in an advanced state of decomposition.
The family’s four dogs were also found dead in the same room.
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They were last seen by neighbours on 3 May.
Their disappearance was reported by the baby’s paternal grandmother after she was unable to contact them.
The building manager went to visit their 13th floor apartment and noticed a strong odour coming from inside.
He immediately called the police.
Officers had to break down the locked door to enter the flat in Belo Horizonte, Brazil last Friday (9 May).
As well as being locked from the inside, the windows were all closed.
They found the victims’ decomposing bodies in the main bedroom, as reported by Need To Know.
According to the authorities, the grandmother’s corpse was in a more advanced state of decomposition than her daughter and granddaughter.
The three generations of women have been identified as Cristina Lúcia Bastos Teixeira, 68, Daniela Teixeira Antonini, 42, and little Giovanna Antonini Vasconcelos, who was just one month shy of her second birthday.
At the scene, investigators reportedly found a barbecue and two trays with burned coal.
The police did not say whether this was related to the victims’ deaths.
The baby’s father told the police his daughter had a serious health condition characterised by an underdeveloped connection between the oesophagus and the stomach known as oesophageal atresia.
He was no longer in a relationship with Daniela at the time of the deaths.
His young daughter was laid to rest at Terra Santa Park Cemetery on Saturday (10 May).
Cristina and Daniela were buried yesterday (13 May) after their bodies underwent an autopsy.
A police spokesperson said: “We are waiting for the conclusion of the expert reports to confirm the circumstances and causes of the deaths.
“At the moment, no line of investigation has been ruled out.”
