Zoe and Matilde ran together through the streets of the village, laughing. They grew up together, lived in the center, played in the same courtyard of the building where they lived as children with their families .
Monica Masino, mayor of Montegrosso d'Asti , struggles to find the words to describe a community struck by tragedy once again. Before Christmas, in mid-December, the town mourned the death of Matilde Baldi, the 20-year-old woman struck and killed by a Porsche traveling at 200 mph , possibly involved in an illegal race. The girl was returning home from work.
Now, just a few weeks later, grief is once again knocking fiercely on the small town's door with the death of Zoe Trinchero, 17 , killed on the night between Friday and Saturday in Nizza Monferrato, in the Asti province, by confessed criminal Alex Manna, 20, also from Montegrosso d'Asti . The girl reportedly refused an approach.
Montegrosso d'Asti is a town of just over two thousand inhabitants, between Roero and Monferrato, halfway between Asti and Nizza Monferrato. "They were two cheerful girls; everyone in town knew them. Today, Montegrosso has once again sunk into silence and suffering," continues the mayor, whose memory also includes Alex . "He grew up here, with his mother, father, two brothers, and sister," recalls Masino. "He was a shy, reserved, and taciturn boy . He hung out with other local kids, but he often stayed a bit apart. No one can justify his actions, but I can't understand how no one was able to understand his distress ," she emphasizes. "I'm a mother myself, and I can't even imagine what the mothers involved are feeling right now. There are three broken families here, and an entire community struggling to get back on its feet."
(Unioneonline)
