It is still not clear why he did it but investigators are convinced that it was his son's life partner, Elena Pagani, who killed Romolo Baldo, and this is why she was arrested.
The 86-year-old pensioner lived with the couple in a villa in Saronno, in the province of Varese, where he was stabbed to death . According to the public prosecutor of Busto Arsizio Roberto Bonfanti, it was the 41-year-old who stabbed her father-in-law to death this morning in the terraced house on the outskirts of the town.
According to initial information, it was not a premeditated crime. After killing Baldo, Pagani called his partner who, in turn, alerted 112. When the police arrived on the scene, they found the woman sitting on the sofa in the living room, the knife still in her hand.
The motive remains a mystery. At least from what has leaked out, given that Pagani was immediately taken to the barracks by the Carabinieri of Saronno. Confirmation of the arrest arrived in the evening.
The eighty-six-year-old worked all his life as a laborer, then, when he became a widower, he devoted himself to the garden and began to frequent senior centers. An active person, the one described by neighbors. What happened today is not known. There were no apparent signs of difficulty in living together and the investigators explained that the motive is "under investigation". Pagani, taken to the barracks, is answering the questions of the military.
(Online Union)
