It could be the first femicide of the year, that of the woman taken to hospital yesterday in Civita Castellana, in the Viterbo area, by her husband, according to whom the 71-year-old Rose of Ascenzo She fell down the stairs after feeling ill in their home in Sant'Oreste, on the outskirts of Rome.
The nature of the injuries found aroused the suspicions of the doctors who alerted the Carabinieri, and the man, CG, aged 73, was arrested for aggravated homicide.
The man had claimed his wife had fallen due to illness, but the nature of the injuries aroused the suspicions of the doctors, who alerted the Carabinieri. An investigation was launched, conducted by the Carabinieri of the Civita Castellana and Bracciano companies and coordinated by the Tivoli Prosecutor's Office, which revealed that the death was a case of femicide and not an accidental one.
Numerous traces were found inside the home, allowing the prosecutor to provisionally charge the man with aggravated homicide. The home was seized, and the 73-year-old man was taken into custody, given the prosecutor's office's assessment that there was a real risk of him fleeing. Investigations, including technical investigations, are ongoing to fully reconstruct the events, including any history of domestic violence of any kind. The couple was unknown to investigators, and the woman had never filed a complaint.
In the past year, 118 women were killed, 96 of them in family or romantic contexts, according to data from the Interior Ministry. This is a very high number, but it's down from 2022, which ended with 127 women killed.
In 2023 118 femicides in Italy
Among all the femicides, that of Giulia Cecchettin, which occurred on November 11th, has most shaken public opinion. The young woman was stabbed more than twenty times by her ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta and then left to die. A crime that brought hundreds of thousands of people to the streets to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
But a few weeks later another case of femicide returns to the front pages: that of Vanessa Ballan, 26 years old, eight weeks pregnant, who is killed with eight stab wounds to the chest, by her ex. Her funeral will be held on Friday 29 December in Castelfranco Veneto and the governor Zaia has already declared regional mourning. Here are some of the cases that have marked 2023.
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The first victim of the year is Giulia Donato, 23, killed by her boyfriend, Andrea Incorvaia, a 32-year-old security guard in the Pontedecimo neighborhood of Genoa. The man first shot her with a gun he legally owned for work and then took his own life. A few days later, on January 13, Martina Scialdone, 34 years old, is killed by gunshots by Costantino Bonaiuti, a 61-year-old man with whom she is having a relationship. The two are in a restaurant in Rome, in the Furio Camillo area and the crime takes place on the street.
Only 16 years old: Jessica Malaj she was killed last May in Torremaggiore, in the province of Foggia, while shielding her mother who was being attacked by her father. Julia Tramontano, 29 years old, seven months pregnant, was killed at the end of May with 37 stab wounds by Alessandro Impagnatiello, her boyfriend with a 'double love life'.
And then the nurse again Rossella Nappini, 52 years old, massacred last September in Rome, with several stab wounds. Marisa Leo, 39 years old, she was killed in Marsala (September 6) by her ex-partner Angelo Reina, who had reported her for stalking in 2020. And again Anna Elisa Fontana, 48 years old, set on fire by her partner Onofrio Bronzolino, in the house the two shared on the island of Pantelleria (Trapani).
Last October 14th in Cerreto d'Esi (Ancona) Concetta Marruocco She was killed by her husband Franco Panariello with 39 stab wounds. Annalisa D'Auria, 32, was killed by her husband Agostino Annunziata in Rivoli (Turin) in front of their 3-year-old daughter. Giulia Cecchettin, 22, was found on the shores of Lake Barcis, in a ravine between the reservoir and Piancavallo, in the Pordenone area.
She had been missing since November 11th, the day she went out with her ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta, her age, who was later tracked down in Germany and arrested for the murder. On December 19th, Vanessa Ballan, 26, was stabbed to death on her doorstep in Riese Pio X, in the province of Treviso.
Vanessa was found lying on the floor by her 28-year-old husband, who was returning from work around noon. After attempting to revive her, he called for help. His involvement in the murder was quickly ruled out, but Bujar Fandaj, a 41-year-old man of Kosovar origin, who Vanessa had reported last October for stalking, was arrested.
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