Tragedy in Aprillia Marittima , in the province of Udine, where a man of Sardinian origin died at home, perhaps as a result of an illness or a fall , with his wife who for days failed to raise the alarm .
The discovery was made on Monday afternoon, when the police, the 118 health workers and the firefighters arrived in the apartment, alerted by the neighbors who had not seen the two elderly people for some time and became suspicious.
Once inside the house, the rescuers found the 88 -year-old woman on the ground in the bedroom, while her husband - an 84-year-old born in Pozzomaggiore - was found under the bed, lifeless .
According to what was reported by the local press, the elderly man had been dead for a few days , but, as mentioned, his wife, sick and with a leg in plaster , was unable to ask for help, watching over her husband's lifeless body waiting for help.
(Unioneonline / lf)
