According to preliminary data, the cause the death of a man and a woman in Asbest, Sverdlovsk region, found in an apartment along with three young children, became drugs.
As previously reported, the bodies of the spouses were in the apartment, where their daughters of one and a half, four and five years old also remained . The older girls were temporarily placed in a social institution, the younger one was taken to a hospital for examination.
«An overdose of methadone,» a source in the investigation told Ura.ru. — The couple led a marginal lifestyle, abused alcohol.
According to the interlocutor of the publication, the leadership of the kindergarten, which went to the two eldest daughters of the victims, had previously reported to the relevant authorities about a dysfunctional family. Thus, the director of the institution informed officials that parents were taking their children from the kindergarten drunk, but «no measures were taken.»