A baby boy fell headfirst into a bucket while his mother was out at the market and drowned. Police say.
Just his 15-month-old Ryan Gabriel Moreira Vieira was left home with his two brothers in El Salvador, Brazil, according to authorities.
It is understood that the infant fell headlong into a bucket of water when his brothers fought to save him when he found himself in a pinch.
His brothers hurried to find a neighbor to help, but the young man died tragically.
It is unclear why the bucket was left near the child, and whether it was used for cleaning or playing.
Police are investigating the incident and plan to interrogate Ryan's mother in the coming days.
In Maranhao in April she followed an incident in which a one-year-old girl drowned in a bucket of water.
Her infant was with her father and two others of hers when she disappeared from her room, police said.
She was later found dead in a bucket of water.
Another of her one-year-olds drowned in a bucket of water in Mato Grosso that same month.
He was rescued and taken to hospital, where he sadly died.
The boy's parents were having lunch when they noticed the backyard where the boy was playing had gone quiet, according to officers.
They went outside and found that the child had drowned.
