Released with charges parents living with the corpse of her son

USPA NEWS - The judge left Friday released with charges after taking statements, US citizen parents who lived with the corpse of her son, seven years, in an apartment in the city of Girona, in the northeast corner of Spain.

Parents, a couple in their thirties, African Americans with US passports, living in Girona for two years, are charged with reckless homicide, although the first results of the autopsy performed on the body of the child does not reveal anything unusual in his death. However, they still need to know the results of toxicology tests and Police are still investigating the exact moment of the child's death and the reasons why his parents did not report the death and were living with the corpse for an indefinite period.

The data to be knowing about this case reveals that the Police went to the house of the family after receiving a warning from the US Embassy, who had been alerted to the lack of family news. The officers spoke with the father, who told them that everything was fine. The Police did not notice anything strange and went after the man advised him to contact the embassy to report that nothing happened.

According to the prosecutor, the psychiatric examination reveals that parents do not suffer from any mental illness. The judge has removed their passports to prevent them fleeing Spain and denied the opportunity to return home, which is sealed until the end of Forensic Science obtaining evidence. It is known that the family was using homeopathic techniques but has established that brought their children to the doctor. The deceased suffered minor respiratory disease.

Forensic explained that the body was in an advanced state of decomposition, "skeletal reduction phase", as had died between one and three months. The prosecutor said Friday that the family does not accept the death of the child, who believe they are asleep and that, as declared not noticed the strong odor given off by the body, despite having practiced rescue breathing because not breathing.

The family comes from Detroit, before settling in Spain, they lived in Missouri and one month in the French city of Perpignan. The father had stopped working two months ago, without having explained why. Was the reason that the Police visited the home for the first time. The second visit, on January 5, driven by the non-payment of rent, ended with the discovery of the body lying on the bed. Marriage has asked regain custody of her two other children, who are welcomed by the Social Services of the Catalan Government, but the judge denied.