"At the time of the visit, no elements emerged in favor of a risk of suicide." This was written by the prison psychiatrist and psychologist who, on May 29, three days after his arrest on suspicion of murder, had visited Sandro Arzu in the Presidio for the Protection of Health of the Uta prison.

Ten days later, on the night between June 8 and 9, around 3 am, the 56-year-old took his own life by hanging himself in his isolation cell, apparently with his shoelaces.

By order of the public prosecutor on duty, deputy prosecutor Rossella Spano, yesterday morning the autopsy was carried out which revealed death by asphyxiation from mechanical trauma that blocked breathing. Only in the next few hours will the body be returned to the family to allow the celebration of the funeral that will take place in Arzana.

In the sheet he hand-wrote before taking his own life and that the prison officers recovered from his cell , Arzu exonerates his brothers Sergio and Roberto, his nephew Gianluca and his fellow countryman Pier Giorgio Piras, clarifying that they were not involved in the crime of Marongiu. He then turns to his closest relatives, asking them to forgive him for his mistakes and for the suffering he caused. Words that show how he now felt tired and without strength.

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