There is another shadow in the documents of the investigation that led to the arrest of Sandro Arzu.

He is called the Child Eater. A person of a certain age, several years spent in the prison of San Daniele in Lanusei. The one who according to investigators would have lured Mosè Cao into a trap, found dead in November 2021 in a well in Pranu Mannu, in the countryside between Talana and Lotzorai.

The operation that led to the arrest of Arzu and his group was triggered because the gang was thinking of taking Mangiabambini. "I'll look to lie in wait and question him," says Sandro Arzu in a wiretap.

It is unclear whether the interrogation would be followed by a sentence.

Arzu was investigating who had tried to kill him. His suspicions were focused on Beniamino Marongiu, aggravated by the rival gang's continuous reconnaissance in Senorbì, crystallized in the victim's cell phone memory. Photos of the intercom and the house.

If Marongiu feared reprisals and was afraid, Arzu, as a fugitive, was very worried that something could happen to his family. "There is a person behind it," Arzu said.

Simone Loi

Roberto Secci

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