Disabled elderly woman strangled at home, her son suspected

Horror in Casoli , in the province of Chieti , where an 88-year-old woman , Cesina Damiani, disabled , was found strangled in her home.

It happened yesterday.

Suspected of the crime , as anticipated by the newspaper "Il Centro", is the son Francesco Rotunno , 64 years old, found by the carabinieri not far from the house, on the edge of a road, with his wrists cut, perhaps following a suicide attempt. The man was hospitalized in Lanciano hospital .

The carer found the woman's body , with an unsigned apology note next to it, which may have been written by her son.

The Lanciano public prosecutor's office will open a file for aggravated voluntary homicide .

(Unioneonline/vl)