3-year-old boy found dead in ditch and his great-uncle arrested | the Chronicle

A brutal crime shocks Chile: after more than a week of research, Tomás Bravo, a 3-year-old boy, was found dead disappeared in the middle of the month in the city of Caripilún.

Friday afternoon, the investigative police found the baby’s body in a ditch 2 kilometers from where he was last seen alive.

The Araujo prosecutor maintains that the body found has the same characteristics as the clothes and the body of the missing child. He also confirmed that there is a arrest warrant against the child’s great-uncle, Jorge Escobar, since they argue that third parties may have been involved in Thomas’ death.

The child disappeared near his home, in the rural area of ​​Caripilún, after accompanying Escobar to transport animals. According to his relative, who testified in tears, he had only left it for five minutes and had never seen it again.