Two Young Children Die in Separate Drownings in Ceará and Bahia

Overview

• Lanna Matias Oliveira, 1 year and 7 months, was found head-down in a water-filled bucket at her home in Penaforte, Ceará, on Oct. 4 and died after three cardiac arrests at a hospital.
• According to her mother's account to local media, she had briefly stepped away to get a diaper after leaving the child watching television and eating an apple.
• In Luís Eduardo Magalhães, Bahia, three-year-old Ana Laura Soares Moura was discovered unconscious in a private pool during a family celebration on Oct. 5.
• Relatives drove her about 30 minutes to a UPA, where resuscitation briefly restored vital signs before a subsequent cardiac arrest led to her death, according to a Polícia Civil report.
• Ceará’s Civil Police state the Penaforte drowning is under investigation by the local precinct, and outlets have requested further details from the state public security department.