A LITTLE girl has been left orphaned after her parents died in a boiling motel bathtub following a night of partying for her fourth birthday.
Military police officer Jeferson Luiz Sagaz, 37, and his partner Ana Carolina Silva, 41 — a nail salon owner — were found dead in a motel suite in Brazil.
A couple died in a motel bathtub after celebrating their daughter’s fourth birthday[/caption]
Toxicology tests revealed high alcohol levels and cocaine traces in their systems[/caption]
The couple had spent the day celebrating their daughter’s birthday at a food park, drinking before heading to a nightclub.
They then checked into the Dallas Motel in São José, Santa Catarina state, just after midnight on August 11.
But Jeferson and Ana Carolina never returned to collect their child the next morning at Jeferson’s sister’s home.
Worried relatives reported them missing, and police later found the pair lifeless in the bathroom.
Investigators say the couple passed out in a bathtub filled with 50°C water while a space heater blasted heat into the room.
Toxicology tests revealed very high alcohol levels and traces of cocaine, Globo G1 reported.
As well as the room, officers examined the the couple’s car and the motel’s CCTV.
Chief Medical Examiner Andressa Boer Fronza said: “The cause of both deaths was exogenous poisoning, favouring the process of heatstroke with intense dehydration, thermal collapse, culminating in organ failure and death.”
Civil Police carried out 16 forensic tests, ruling out electric shock, drowning, carbon monoxide poisoning or foul play.
Chief of Police Felipe Simão Gomes said: “These circumstances, combined with the substances found on the bodies, led the Civil Police to conclude that the cause of death was sudden and not due to third-party intervention.”
Friends described the couple, together for nearly 20 years, as sociable and devoted parents.
Police said there was no history of violence.
Ana Carolina’s family rejected claims she was a habitual drug user, raising fears she could have been forced to ingest cocaine.
Chief Simão added: “It may be that the physical constitution, both his and hers, were not compatible with the use of a substance like that, especially when combined with alcohol.”
The couple’s daughter, just four years old, is now in the care of relatives after the tragic birthday celebration turned fatal.
It comes after a law student was found dead inside a hot tub as she celebrated her 22nd birthday with friends.
Alexandra Săsărman was staying at her parents’ mountain cabin in April when her shocked friends discovered a body in the water.
Young Alexandra passed away after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest just moments after she got into the hot tub, according to local media.
Reports suggest a leading theory is that her heart may have stopped due to the water temperature being excessively high in the Jacuzzi.
Alexandra had just turned 22 and had invited friends round on April 12, in her hometown of Bistrița in northern Romania.
The couple had checked into the Dallas Motel in São José, Santa Catarina state[/caption]
Ana Carolina Silva owned a nail salon in Brazil[/caption]
