The investigative department for the Leninsky district of the city of Saratov of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in the Saratov region on the fact of the death of a 5-year-old child organized a pre-investigation check.According to preliminary data, on February 3, 2018, during the daytime walking with his grandmother near a house in the Leninsky district of Saratov, the child fell into a depression between the curbstone and the snowy surface of the earth, where he died sometime later.Currently, a complex of verification activities is being carried out aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the incident, including those responsible for the operation of the land plot. The audit will be made a procedural decision.