Parents of boy, 2, who died falling down well lost their other son aged three
The devastated parents of a little boy who died after falling down a well in Spain lost their other son to a heart attack two years ago.
The body of Julen Rosello, two, who plunged 250ft down the hole has been discovered after two weeks of searching .
This is the second tragedy for his family after they lost their eldest son Oliver, then three, when his heart gave out to a congenital defect.
Julen’s tiny body was found this morning at around 1.25am local time today after rescue teams had dug out a 13ft tunnel by hand.
Parents Jose and Vicky, both 29, slept on mattresses in a tent by the well in Malaga as specialist teams fought to save their boy.
But to make the tale even worse, Julen’s post-mortem suggested that he died the same day as he fell down the well.
Officials have not commented on the autopsy, which was carried out at the Institute of Forensic Institute of Medicine, insisting early this morning the results would be sent to an investigating court and would not be made public.
But respected Malaga-based paper Sur said the medical examination had indicated his death occurred on January 13 – the same day he plunged 232ft down a well on family-owned land in Totalan a half-hour drive from the Costa del Sol.
A central government spokesman for the country’s Andalucia region said ahead of the post-mortem it was a “free fall” before his “rapid” drop was stopped by a blockage of earth and sand part of the way down the 350ft well.
Other Spanish papers including El Mundo said Julen had suffered multiple injuries compatible with a fall from height including a blow to his head.
Julen’s parents Jose and Vicky are being comforted at a funeral parlour in El Palo, the Malaga neighbourhood where they live and have spent most of the day.
Before his body was recovered, his grandmother Reme Garcia posted an emotional message alongside a hand-drawn picture of a heart sketched inside an imaginary hole at the bottom of the borehole.
She said: “My little boy is here.
“I’m waiting for you and I don’t know how to live without you. Hold on my little warrior. Don’t give up.
"You are a champion and your brother is with you. I love you.”
His funeral will take place tomorrow, where hundreds are expected to gather to pay their respects.
A Swedish firm which helped locate the 33 Chilean miners rescued in 2010 after 69 days underground joined the massive operation to try to locate Julen ahead of his hoped-for rescue alive.
Dad Jose said in a press conference: “We’re dead inside but with the hope we have an angel watching over us who is going to help him to come out alive as soon as possible.”
He spoke after telling Spanish media how his son fell down the borehole at around 2pm on Sunday as he was getting more firewood for a paella he was preparing.
He told Malaga-based paper Sur: “My wife went to phone into work to let them know she wasn’t going.
“She was with Julen and asked me to keep an eye on him as she made the call. He was only a few feet away.
“I went to get a couple of logs for the fire for the paella and he began to run.
“We saw how he fell down the hole, my cousin more than me because she was closer.”
Julen’s parents are being comforted by the father of a Spanish five-year-old girl killed by a paedophile in January 2008.
Juan Jose Cortes, who received a message of support from Gerry and Kate McCann after his daughter Mari Luz’s body was found, travelled to the meet Jose and fast food restaurant worker Vicky.
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