He stabbed his wife to death, then fled before being tracked down a few hours later by the police in a rural area. As it turns out, the two were separating .

The theater of yet another femicide is a house in Codroipo (Udine): the victim is a 40-year-old woman, Elisabetta Molaro, the murderer a 45-year-old, Paolo Castellani. In the house where the crime took place at that time there were also the couple's children , who were sleeping and were entrusted to their relatives.

The carabinieri arrived at the house at 2 am following a request for help to 112. There they found the body of the woman, killed by dozens of stab wounds in the neck and chest . In the other bedrooms the two underage children, who did not witness the crime.

The search for her husband immediately concentrated in the area of Villa Manin, and it was here that the man was identified and stopped a few hours later. The Arma soldiers found him, in a confused state, while he was wandering on foot, still wearing his clothes stained with blood . They took him to the barracks where he is in custody. Here he confessed.

Last night the victim, an insurance agent, had gone out with a friend, returning rather late. An argument ensued at the height of which the man - a shop assistant - grabbed a 11-inch kitchen knife and struck the blows.

(Unioneonline / LD)

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