New developments in the case of theelderly invalid dies of starvation in his house of Montelibrettiin the province of Rome. The daughteralready under house arrest for abandonment of an incapacitated person, has now been arrested on charges of voluntary homicide. Investigations revealed that the woman was attempting to flee abroad with false documents.
Elderly invalid found dead in Rome
The drama unfolded on June 12thwhen the carabinieri of the Monterotondo company went to the home of Margherita Batazza, 85 years oldto notify her of an act.
Arrived in front of the villa on Via dei Saliciin the countryside of Montelibrettithe soldiers became suspicious because of the smell coming from inside and the lack of response to the doorbell.
The case of the elderly woman who died in Montelibretti, province of Rome
They then decided to enter through an open window, thus finding the old woman’s corpse lying on the ground and still wrapped in the sheets he slept in.
Arrested for the murder of her disabled mother
The investigations immediately focused on the 49 year old daughter of the old woman, Antonella MarrellaThat he lived with his mother and was responsible for herbeing disabled and not self-sufficient.
At the time of Margherita Batazza’s death, the woman he was on holiday in Abruzzo with her two minor children, leaving the mother completely alone, without food, water or a telephone to call for help.
Initially, the 49-year-old was placed under house arrest on charges of abandonment of an incapacitated person, but has now been transferred to pre-trial detention.in prison on charges of voluntary homicide aggravated.
The plan for escaping abroad
According to the investigations, the 49-year-old woman was planning a escape abroad under a false identity. It seems he had already prepared everything, from the tickets to the objects necessary to get away without being recognized.
A plan devised to escape house arrest. For these reasons, a new precautionary measure order was issued against the suspect, who was then transferred to Rebibbia prisonThe Carabinieri of the Monterotondo Company executed the order, arresting the woman on charges of aggravated voluntary homicide.
Further developments will come with theautopsy on the body of the elderly woman: although the first analyses have not revealed any signs of violence, the autopsy will have to establish whether death occurred due to an accidental fall or whether the hypothesis of death from starvation.
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Source: notizie.virgilio.it
