Crying next to his father’s decomposing body and with the lights off: this is how they found a five-year-old boy from Canada inside a vacation home in Nayarit, one of the most renowned tourist areas for its beaches.
John Poulson, a 44-year-old Canadian man, had not been heard from since August 7.
Poulson had traveled with his son to Mexico to enjoy a vacation period. However, from the day they lost contact with him, his ex-wife tried to communicate from Canada.
Receiving no answer, the woman called a neighbor -also a Canadian national- to ask him to come to the rental house where Poulson was staying, in Jarretaderas, in the state of Nayarit, on the border with Jalisco and just north of Puerto Vallarta.
When the neighbor arrived, a co-worker of Poulson, he found the lights off and air conditioning on, and a strong smell of the decomposing body, on Sunday, August 14, just before midnight. Upon entry, the five-year-old boy was found next to his father’s body and crying.
So far, the authorities have not disclosed the cause of death, but it has been reported that there are no signs of foul play, pointing to natural causes. There also hasn’t been an estimated time of death or how long the child would have been locked in the apartment with his dead father.
Meanwhile, the Canadian boy remained under the protection of child protection personnel, waiting for his mother to arrive in Mexican territory to reunite with her son. It is believed that the boy and his mother has since been reunited.
