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Father and two-year-old son found dead in Wattwil
Police found a 33-year-old father and his two-and-a-half-year-old son dead on Tuesday evening in Wattwil, in Switzerland’s St. Gallen canton.
The father and child, both Croatian citizens living in the canton, had been staying at an accommodation facility.
Police suspect the father killed his son and then himself with a handgun, based on the circumstances at the scene.
The father and the child’s mother were living separately, and he had been expected to return the boy to her.
A report was filed after he did not return the child as agreed, prompting police inquiries.
The exact circumstances remain under investigation by the cantonal police under the direction of the St. Gallen cantonal prosecutor’s office.
Investigators are working to establish exactly what happened.
A 33-year-old father and his two-and-a-half-year-old son were found dead in Wattwil, Switzerland, on Tuesday evening.
Police said the circumstances indicate that the father killed the child with a handgun and then took his own life.
The father had not returned the child to his mother as agreed, and a missing-child report was filed in St. Gallen.
Both were Croatian citizens living in the canton of St. Gallen.
The cantonal police and the prosecutor’s office are investigating the circumstances.
- Who
- A 33-year-old father and his two-and-a-half-year-old son, both Croatian citizens living in the canton of St. Gallen.
- What
- Both were found dead. Police said the circumstances indicate the father killed his son with a handgun and then took his own life.
- When
- Tuesday evening, 3 November 2026.
- Where
- A lodging establishment in Wattwil, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Why
- Not stated
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A report was filed in St. Gallen after the separated father did not return the child to his mother as agreed.
Police found the father and child dead at a lodging establishment in Wattwil.
Cantonal police began investigating the circumstances under the direction of the cantonal prosecutor’s office.
- Father
- 33 years old
- Child
- Two and a half years old
- Location
- Wattwil, canton of St. Gallen
- Citizenship
- Both were Croatian citizens
- Residence
- Both lived in the canton of St. Gallen