Fourth, Di Gennaro murder: the macabre “Goodnight” message sent post mortem to his partner

Napoli – A “Goodnight” message sent to his partner when he was already dead. This is the macabre detail that emerged from the investigations of the Carabinieri and of the Naples Public Prosecutor's Office on the murder of Antonio Di Gennaro, the 72-year-old retired English professor found lifeless last Friday in his home in Quarto, in the province of Naples.

His body, wrapped in plastic bags and cellophane, had been hidden in a chest on the terrace, a few steps from the church of Santa Maria and 200 meters from the Town Hall.

Today the GIP of Naples validated the arrest and ordered prison for the victim's two children:

Michele Di Gennaro, 42, biomedical engineer and Andrea Di Gennaro, 34, personal trainer. The two, during the hearing, chose not to speak, but the investigations reconstruct a premeditated crime:

Motive: the deceased mother's survivor's pension, never paid by the father
Method: The professor was drugged with a sleeping pill in his coffee and then suffocated with a pillow. His body was wrapped in plastic and locked in the chest

(h3)The “Goodnight” message sent post mortem

A chilling detail emerged from the victim's cell phone chats: after his death, his partner received a message with the words "Good night." Investigators hypothesize that it was his children who sent it, perhaps to delay the discovery of the crime, but neither of them admitted this detail.

(h3)The victim's life and the discovery of the body

Antonio Di Gennaro, after his wife's death, had become involved with another woman. The Carabinieri intervened after some neighbors had reported strange odors. The body was found hidden in the chest, in an advanced state of decomposition.

The investigation, coordinated by the Naples Public Prosecutor's Office, will continue with toxicological tests to confirm the use of the sleeping pill; analysis of the chats and movements of the two brothers
and reconstruction of the days preceding the murder.