In the area of La Scala, where the 2 and a half year old child drowned by his 40-year-old mother lost his life on Sunday evening, there are those who brought a white rose. And who has left a doll instead. But the majority of the citizens of Torre del Greco (Naples), eighty thousand inhabitants south of Naples, chose the path of silence.
Silence prevails in the final part of La Scala, where today also the play area is practically empty which is located a few tens of meters from the place where the lifeless body of the child was found, recovered in the water by some young rescuers and for which proved useless any form of intervention.
For the voluntary murder of the child, the mother, Adalgisa Gamba, 40 years old, has been in the cell since yesterday, during the long interrogation carried out in the carabinieri barracks in the presence of the trusted lawyer, the men of the Prosecutor's Office and the prosecutor on duty, she admitted her responsibilities, saying that she ended up in a tunnel for a few months because she was worried about her son's alleged mental retardation, so far never diagnosed by the health service.
And while the woman remains locked up in the women's prison of Pozzuoli, pending the interrogation of guarantee, the body of the child is under seizure, available to the judicial authority: within days the task of the coroner should be entrusted to carry out the procedure. autopsy exam. A procedure considered important to crystallize some elements that came out of the investigations and to understand if there are other details on the last hours of the baby's life.
The city of Torre del Greco is in shock, as can be seen from the words of the mayor, Giovanni Palomba: `` The death of such a small child - explains the mayor - moreover matured in such a terrible way, is a huge tragedy '' .
Meanwhile, the administration says it is ready to be close to the family on the occasion of the funeral.
