Mother, 29, and boyfriend arrested in connection to the death of her son, 7, who was ELECTROCUTED and SUBMERGED in a bucket of water in Brazil

A heartless mother and her cruel boyfriend were arrested for beating, electrocuting and submerging in water her 7-year-old son before he died, authorities in Brazil said. 

His 10-year-old brother was found with two black eyes, burned with cigarettes and his body covered with multiple bruises, police in the São Paulo city of Avaré said.

He told cops that he also had been electrocuted.

The body of the slain boy, identified as Carlos Santos, showed signs of 'strangling, punches, shocks with electrical wires' and that he 'was submerged in a bucket of water as a form of drowning,' Civil Police chief Levon Torossian told G1.

Carlos' body, including the genital area, was bruised.

Cops arrested Texeira after Carlos was pronounced dead Wednesday morning at a hospital in Avaré.  

His mother, Sara Santos, was apprehended Thursday after attempting to flee from the police.  

Carlos Santos was pronounced Wednesday morning upon his arrival at local hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. The seven-year-old - and his 10-year-old brother - were the victims of severe beating and electrocutions. Authorities arrested his mother, Sara Santos, and her boyfriend, Dione Texeira

Dione Texeira and Sara Santos were arrested Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, following the death of Santos' seven-year-old son, Carlos Santos, at the home the couple shared in the Brazilian city of Avaré. Texeira told police that Carlos Santos had chocked on food before he fell from a stair, but investigators later learned through the child's 10-year-old brother that the children were the victims of beating, including his younger brother who had been submerged in water

Cops discovered the dying boy when they were patrolling the neighborhood where his mother shared a home with Texeira. An unresponsive Carlos was lying on the ground in front of the residence while a neighbor was attempting to revive him.

Texeira, who was home with the two boys while their mother was reportedly at work, told authorities that Carlos had choked while having bread and milk for breakfast before he fell down a stair.

However, investigators discovered Texeira was lying after interviewing Carlos' older brother, who told the cops of the abuse they endured. 

Texeira was charged with torture. Murder charges are pending.

Dione Texeira was arrested on charges of torture, but has not been charged with murder

Authorities searched the home and recovered two black cords, a bucket, a pair of gloves and a wooden stick.

Tiago do Carmo, who had legal custody of his sons, told G1 that the children had spent the previous 15 days with their mother while they were on vacation from school.

Sara Santos was questioned Wednesday and allowed to return home before she formally arrested Thursday.

'Is the mother going to jail or will she be released,' do Carmo said. 'It's unfair. The law in Brazil in useless, Nothing will bring my son back.'

Yasmin Rodrigues was arrested July 29 after confessing to police that she had killed her seven-year-old son, Miguel do Santo, in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Santos is the second mother to be arrested following the death of a child in Brazil in the last week.

Yasmin Rodrigues, 26, was arrested in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, July 29 after she allegedly confessed to the murder of her 7-year-old son Miguel dos Santos.

Rodrigues initially appeared before the police to report her son had disappeared July 28 before several inconsistencies were detected in her tale. She then told investigators she gave medicine to Miguel and then placed his body in a large gym bag without knowing if he was dead. 

Cops said she later tossed Miguel's body into the Tramandaí River, which runs through the border of Tramandaí and Imbé and connects with the Atlantic Ocean. His body has not been recovered.