Henry Borel’s mother says he was in another room, woke up to the noise of the television and already found her son lying on the floor | Rio de Janeiro

Investigators asked what may have caused the injuries. Monique responded by believing that Henry woke up, stood on his bed and lost his balance or even tripped over the back of the chair, and then fell to the floor. She also reported that when she bathed her son, she did not notice any serious injuries.

Monique said she woke up around 3:30 am to the sound of the television on and went to see her son, when she found him unconscious.

Henry’s stepfather, the councilor Dr. Jairinho, told police he and his wife were watching a series in the guest room so as not to disturb their stepson’s sleep. The couple fell asleep.

According to Jairinho, he was sleeping soundly, based on medicines, when his girlfriend went to the couple’s room and found Henry already fallen, with “his eyes blank and his hands and feet cold.”

The councilman said he did not know what could explain the injuries on Henry’s body. As a doctor, he said they were “major injuries.”.

During the trip to the hospital, his mother, Monique, helped Henry. Jairinho, who drove to Barra D’Or, said that despite being a doctor, the last time he received a heart massage was on a wrist, still in college.

Monique added that she did a mouth-to-mouth resuscitation maneuver, despite not knowing how to perform the procedure, in the 10 minutes that separated her home from the hospital where Henry was taken.

The Civil Police intends hear more witnesses and make new inquiries to try to clarify what happened to the boy Henry Borel, 4 years old. The testimony of the expert of the Medical-Legal Institute (IML) which produced the child’s autopsy report.

The father, Leniel Borel de Almeida Jr. already testified.

Henry died at dawn on Monday (8), in Barra de Tijuca, West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, when he was at the house of his mother and stepfather, who live in a condominium in the neighborhood.

In the afternoon of the same day, the police even carried out an investigation at the apartment of Monique and Dr. Jairinho. But, when the experts arrived, an employee of the couple had already cleaned the place.

Regarding the maid, Monique said that, at the hospital, a civilian police officer told her that she should go home, since they were going to photograph the place. Henry’s mother stated that did not tell the cleaning lady what had happened and at lunchtime I told him to take the day off.

Jairinho says that around 9 in the morning, before going to the police station, he went home to pick up his shoes, since he and Monique had gone to the hospital in slippers.

By this time, the maid had already arrived home, but according to the councilor, he didn’t warn her about what had happened. He said he stayed home for about two minutes and left.

In pictures, boy arrives well at the condo

On DP 16 (Barra) collected security camera footage showing that Henry arrived right at the condo where his mother and stepfather live. He was taken there by his father.

RJ2 also found that in another video, from a shopping center where Leniel was with her son, there is nothing to indicate abnormalities between the father and the child, who has no apparent injuries.

The child arrived lifeless at a hospital in the West Zone of Rio in the early morning of the 8th, with hemorrhage and edema.

The police already know that, inside the apartment, there were only her, the boy’s stepfather and Henry himself.

The testimony of Monique Medeiros and Doutor Jairinho at the 16th DP (Barra da Tijuca) lasted 12 hours. They spoke at different times.

The couple left the police station at 2.30am on Thursday (18). The two did not want to speak to reporters, neither upon arrival nor upon departure. They were heard as witnesses.

1. Who was Henry with on the day of his death?
2. What did the mother and stepfather say?
3. How was Henry when he got to the hospital?
4. What was the cause of Henry’s death?
5. Could Henry get hurt like this when he fell out of bed?
6. Could Henry’s injuries have been caused in an attempt to revive him?
7. What did the police say?

1. Who was Enrique with on the day of his death?

After spending the weekend with his father, the engineer Leniel Borel de Almeida Jr., Henry stayed at his mother’s house, Monique Medeiros da Costa Almeida, in Barra da Tijuca, the night of the 7th, Sunday.

Monique was with her boyfriend Jairo Souza Santos, the councilor of Rio Dr. Jairinho (Solidarity).

2. What did the mother and stepfather say?

Monique said she woke up to the noise of the television at 3:30 am and found the boy. unconscious in the couple’s bedroom.

The boy’s father reported that, according to the ex-wife, the boy was rolling her eyes and already having trouble breathing.

The couple took Henry to Barra D’Or Hospital. Monique called her ex-husband and informed him of the incident.

3. How was Henry when he got to the hospital?

According to the report of the Medico-Legal Institute, to which TV Globo had access, the child already admitted to the hospital without life and presented injuries to the skull, stomach, liver, and kidneys, in addition to several purple spots.

4. What was the cause of Henry’s death?

The report of the Medico-Legal Institute indicates “internal bleeding and liver laceration [danos no fígado] caused by forceful action [violenta]”.

5. Could Henry hurt himself falling out of bed?

Do not, according to experts heard by TV Globo.

“A fall from a low height is unlikely to be the cause of these traumatic injuries,” said a medical examiner. Carlos Durão.

“We observe this type of injury in traffic accidents, with much more energy,” Durão amended.

Talvane de Moraes He adds that there are injuries in different areas of the body, “that a fall would not provide.”

“There may be bruises [manchas], but in the regions where the body hits the ground. It is hard for me to crash head, liver, lung, kidney and abdomen [de uma vez só]Moraes explained.

6. Could Henry’s injuries have been caused in an attempt to revive him?

No, according to experts. “In a resuscitation, sometimes the applied force can fracture the chest or the rib, depending on the skeletal structure of the victim. There is none of that in Henry,” Moraes said.

7. What did the police say?

Until the last update of this report, the police were limited to informing that they are investigating the case.

Henry’s father testified on the 8th.

Monique and Dr. Jairinho spent 12 hours testifying in separate rooms at 16 DP (Barra da Tijuca) and left the police station at 2:30 am this Thursday (18) without speaking to the press.

To the newspaper “Extra”, Dr. Jairinho sent a note in which he said “to be sad”, “without soil” and “endure the pain thanks to the support of family and friends.”

“The authorities are investigating the events, and we will help to understand what happened. All the information will be relevant. For this reason, I think it is prudent to tell the dynamics of the events first at the police station, even so as not to disturb the work carried out.” out, “the councilman said in the note.

VIDEOS: Most viewed in Rio in the last 7 days: