He killed his wife and son within the walls of their home . He then headed towards the retirement home where his 78-year-old mother-in-law was hospitalized and stabbed her , before taking his own life in the institute's garden.
It happened this morning in the house of Divine Providence, in the square of the same name in the Orti district of Alessandria . The man, Martino Benzi, 66 years old, was an engineer. His wife Monica, 55 years old, an employee, and his son Matteo was a 17 year old student. According to initial reconstructions, after the murder of the old woman, the police tried to track down the man's wife and son, discovering that the woman had not gone to work and that the boy was not at school. So the soldiers went to the family's house and, breaking down the door, found the two bodies.
The wounds on the bodies of the woman and the teenager were apparently inflicted with a sharp weapon. It cannot therefore be ruled out that the man killed the three victims with the same knife. The investigators - now busy at two crime scenes - however remain confidential on this point. There is little doubt, however, about the man's guilt: he would in fact have left some writings before carrying out the massacre.
(Unioneonline/vf)