Family members of Romeil Delgado launched an all-night search to recover his body.
The child’s mother told investigators that she took him and other relatives to the river on Wednesday afternoon in the company of her boyfriend.
She explained that she left her son in her brother’s care at the river’s edge as she checked on her daughter who was asleep. However, on her return, it was then that it was discovered that the toddler had gone missing.
An alarm was raised and they began searching for the child.
Just before midnight, the Romeil’s lifeless body was found in the river.
The police said there were no marks of violence on the child’s body and it is suspected that he wandered off into the river and drowned.
An investigation has been launched.
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