A story dramaticwhich links the disappearance of a woman and her son to two people findings tragic events that occurred within a few hours. In the province of Lecce, between Calimera and the Torre dell’Orso marina, a diver identified a body in the sea lifeless from a woman. Not long after, in the evening, the police found what they thought was the body son 8 year old inside the house: wounds on his body consistent with the action of a sharp weapon. Both deaths are possible connected.
The alarm was raised byex-husbandwho in the morning went to Calimera police to report the disappearance of his ex-wife, a 35-year-old Italian, and their child, who never went to school. There complaint immediately activated a search, which culminated in one of the darkest cases in recent years in Salento.
The woman’s body was found in the sea by a diver
The first tragic discovery occurred in afternoonaround 15.30. A diver diving in the clear waters of Torre dell’Orso, Melendugno marina, discovered corpse about a woman floating at a depth of several meters. The man alerted the Port Authority’s operations room, which sent a patrol boat from Otranto to retrieve the body.
On the body of the victim, who had light skin and possibly Italian nationality, investigators found several tattoo and proven piercings determine identification. At this time the woman’s identity cannot be confirmed, but the temporary coincidence with the reported disappearance of the 35-year-old man still leaves questions. possible correlation. Preliminary findings from the medical examiner, who arrived at the scene, indicated that the death occurred in 2016 a few hours before that discovery. Further investigations will be carried out in the next few hours.
The boy’s discovery
Confirmation of the second drama has arrived in the eveningwhen police, after forcing the door of the house, found the 8-year-old child lifeless. Based on initial information, there were wounds on the body sharp weapon. The hypothesis of violent action seems to be the most accredited at the moment.
The house was immediately placed is being confiscated to enable the forensic team’s technical investigation. Investigators are reconstructing the last hours of the child and his mother’s lives, trying to find out where they were and what happened from the time they left school until the two were found.
Investigation
The investigation, entrusted to the carabinieri of the Lecce company, continued without him exclude no clue. The prefecture has activated cross-checks with local and national lists of missing persons, while investigators are collecting them testimonial and check for suspicious movements in the last 24 hours.
They had not been released onto the woman’s body, found in the sea information regarding the possible cause of death: only an autopsy can clarify whether it was a voluntary act, an accident, or an act of violence.
Among these hypotheses, all of which have not yet been verified, there are also hypotheses suicidebut currently the police are maintaining maximum secrecy. While waiting for the autopsy examination ordered by the judge on duty, the body was transferred to the hospital.”Vito Fazzi” from Lecce, where further investigations will be carried out.
