Breakthrough in the investigation into the death of Carlo Gatti, the 89-year-old who was found dead yesterday morning in his home in the Ruino hamlet of the Colli Verdi municipality, in the province of Pavia.
Liliana Barone, 45 years old, the pensioner's carer, was arrested by the police and is "seriously suspected" of the crime of murder .
The woman, ex-wife of the victim's nephew , had been taken to the barracks in Voghera yesterday morning, after the body was found in the bedroom, in a pool of blood and with a wound on the back of the head. She had been interrogated for several hours.
Then, the force explains, "in a state of confusion he told the paramedics that he had caused Gatti's death, without explaining the methods or reasons" .
Liliana Barone was taken to the Vigevano prison and so far has not responded to the prosecutor's questions.
(Unioneonline/L)