The body of a baby boy who died of pneumonia was snatched on Christmas Eve.
His grieving parents now fear their son’s body was stolen by followers of satan.
Alberto Aranda and his wife Mara went to place flowers on their son Ciro’s coffin for Christmas when they discovered it was empty.
Ciro had just made it to his first birthday when he died on December 10 after a brief battle with pneumonia.
His body was being kept in a storage room in a cemetery in Otamendi, a small town south of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The parents’ lawyer claims to have evidence pointing to a satanic cult in the small town.
As the cemetery did not have any available space, the parents agreed to store their son’s remains in a small locked room on the grounds, until space became available in the summer.
Dr Ana Maria Caro, the leading prosecutor in charge of finding the body, said police are searching farms and surrounding countryside.
‘The operation continues,’ she told local media.
After several residents broke their silence, the prosecutor said: ‘There is a known satanic sect that operates in the Otamendi area and carries out rituals.
‘We hope that our searches will bring results very soon.’
This is not the first time that a case involving a demonic cult has happened in Argentina.
Last month, officials arrested Miguel Angel Jimenez at his home in Quimili in the northern province of Santiago del Estero.
The cotton producer was accused of being the main priest behind the sexual abuse and dismemberment of 11-year-old Mario Salto.
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