He may have been killed in an attempt to protect a friend Massimo Melis, the operator of the Green Cross of Sardinian origin killed with a gunshot to the head on Halloween night in Turin, in the Barrier area of Milan, towards the northern outskirts of the city.
According to an initial analysis on the body, the 52-year-old was allegedly killed around 11pm on Sunday. He was then found yesterday afternoon in his car parked in via Gottardo.
THE RECONSTRUCTION - The man was allegedly murdered two hours or more after taking home a friend with whom he had been to the supermarket shortly before.
A woman who apparently had long been apprehensive about the behavior of an acquaintance of hers. Investigators are on the trail of a 62-year-old man, already known to the police, who has become untraceable in the last few hours.
It may have been him who shot Melis, sitting in the driver's seat with the ignition key on. The bullet was fired at close range and reached him in the left temple, passing through the skull and reaching the opposite door. The killer calmly closed the door and walked away without taking away his wallet, money or anything else. There are no traces that lead back to a fight or some attempted reaction.
THE ALARM - Hours after the crime, Melis's mother (the two lived together) was alarmed because her son did not answer his cell phone and called her friend. The woman took to the street with her sister, saw Melis helpless in the cockpit and called 118, thinking she had been ill. Only later did they realize he was dead.
After separating from the woman, Melis may have spent at least an hour, if not more, before coming face to face with the attacker.
HELP TO THE FRIEND - The woman, a bartender in her father's restaurant, had been a friend of Melis for some time. They had been in a relationship, over, but the relationships had always remained good. That's why he made himself available to help her when she told him about someone who was bothering her (but who she had never reported). On Sunday he escorted her to the landing, leaving her shopping bags as well.
"A MAN FOR GOOD" - Melis worked as a driver and, if necessary, as a rescuer. "A decent man", his colleagues define him. "He was a reserved person - they repeat to the Green Cross - and did not talk much about his private life , but that he had enemies seems very unlikely. He was courteous, polite, helpful. When the news was brought to us, we were amazed. "
However, other hypotheses are not neglected considering that working at the Green Cross had brought Melis into contact with situations of social and mental discomfort.
(Unioneonline / D)
