A single stab wound, in the back: for Maria Dolores Cannas, 57 years old, there was no escape. Her son: Andrea Tidu, 27 years old, hit her with a kitchen knife . The police, in a note, speak of a "dispute for trivial reasons". The two were alone in the kitchen. In the house with them, but at that moment in another room, there was Raffaele Tidu, known to everyone in Sinnai as Lello, husband and father for whom in a moment, yesterday afternoon, the world collapsed around him. It was he, after trying to help his wife, who called 118, around 4pm. But there was nothing left for the woman to do.
A little later his son Andrea was stopped by a carabiniere: he was wandering around the house, a few blocks away. He spent the evening in the Quartu Sant'Elena carabinieri barracks, where he was interrogated at length.
In Sinnai they speak of him as a quiet boy. The neighbors: «Shy, very kind, he always said hello». Family arguments? "Never a voice." Not even yesterday afternoon: flat calm, from outside. The neighbor: «The boy? Hard worker. Yes, together with his father, gardeners. They went out early every morning, around 7, got into the van and returned home in the dark."
Why did he stab his mother yesterday afternoon? By the way, what does the neighborhood say about you? «A reserved woman», «Very simple person, a very good woman». An autopsy will be performed this afternoon at Brotzu.
Marco Noce
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