She begs for help and asks her husband to stop. He continues to slash her with scissors and rant against her: the cameras installed in the house tell with video and audio the last seven minutes of the life of Lucia Chiapperini, the 75-year-old woman killed with scissors by her husband who later admitted to the crime committed in their home in the hamlet of Mariotto, in Bitonto.
The man, Vincenzo Visaggi, a 75-year-old born in Terlizzi, then called 112 confessing to having murdered his wife and tried to take his own life . The call was made at 11:01: "Listen, I'm about to take my own life. I took my wife's life. She's in the bathroom," he says to the policeman who answers and activates the emergency services. In the frames contained in the man's arrest warrant, the woman can be seen returning home (at 10:50 on Friday), arguing heatedly with her husband who immediately hits her at least 20 times with sharp scissors. The 75-year-old tries to free herself from her husband's fury, even asks for help but he curses, hits her and just waits for her to die. "Die," he says to his wife, "you don't even deserve compassion."
Seven minutes of horror documented by the cameras, whose microphones recorded all the phases of the crime, until, at 10:57, the 75-year-old's breathing was no longer heard . Upon their arrival, the carabinieri found the woman's body in the bathroom, while he was in the bedroom with his clothes and hands stained with blood. According to what was reported by some witnesses, the two often argued in recent weeks over financial reasons, especially after the death of her father. Violent arguments that would have pushed the woman to move to her daughter's house a few days ago.
According to the reconstruction, what frightened her was the attitude of her husband who, during an argument, brandished knives and threatened to kill her. In the couple's home, hidden behind a wardrobe, almost 13 thousand euros in cash were found: the 75-year-old allegedly put them there to prevent his wife from taking them. The couple has three children and it was they who told the military the reasons for the arguments. After the death of his father-in-law in recent days and the 99-year-old's pension having ended, "He wanted control over everything," says one of his sons. The woman had opposed and arguments were the order of the day. Until yesterday, when the man waited for his wife to return home. Holding a pair of scissors.
