Boy, 2, fell into River Soar while walking with aunt and wasn't found for MONTHSXielo Maruziva plunged into the River Soar in Leicester while it was actively flooding in February 2024, but his body wasn't recovered from the depths for several monthsView 7 Images Xielo Maruziva plunged into the River Soar in 2024 (Image: BPM MEDIA)A toddler who fell into the depths of a major river during a walk wasn't found until nearly four months after he "disappeared from view". Xielo Maruziva was just two years old when he fell into the River Soar in the Aylestone Meadows nature reserve, close to Marsden Lane, in Leicester at about 5pm on February 18, 2024. Nicole Maruziva, one of Xielo's aunts who took him out that day, tearfully told the inquest she had last seen her nephew "on the side". She told the inquest she does not know how to swim but she just "needed to get him". On body-worn camera footage, one of Xielo's aunts can be heard telling an officer that she thought he "slipped".

Source: Daily Mirror February 04, 2026 05:07 UTC