A tragedy still to be clarified.
This is what occurred in Burgos , Friday evening, when the carabinieri and the 118 operators intervened in a house where, between blood and dirt , the lifeless body of a newborn girl was found, born a few days ago. and with signs of malnutrition.
The mother, 28 , who had given birth to her at home alerted the emergency services. In the house, when the soldiers arrived, her parents and sister were also present.
Now all four are under investigation , after the prosecutor has opened a file and ordered investigations to shed full light on a dramatic story that still has many obscure points .
How did the baby die? Was she fed correctly after birth? Why was medical help not sought at the time of delivery? Why did he wait days before dialing 112?
These are the questions that the investigation conducted by the carabinieri, coordinated by the deputy prosecutor of Nuoro Giorgio Bocciarelli, is trying to answer.
Investigators also tracked down the 28-year-old's boyfriend , who should be the child's father, resident in another municipality, to inform him of the incident.
Meanwhile, on Monday the coroner Alberto Chighine will perform an autopsy on the newborn's body at the Forensic Pathology Institute of Sassari and the results of the examination are expected to provide useful information for the investigation, especially as regards the cause of death.
For all four suspects, at the moment, the crime hypothesis is abandonment of the incapable .
The incident left the community of Burgos, a thousand inhabitants, in shock . "Right now, as first citizen and also as fellow countryman of this family - said the mayor, Leonardo Tilocca - I can only express deep bewilderment. All citizens are shocked by this episode and I believe that our task now is to stay close to the family ".
Tilocca spoke to the 28-year-old's father : "Apart from the state of mind that everyone can imagine - he reports - he told me that at least physically they are all fine. We are a small community - adds the mayor - and therefore we all know each other. Nobody could have imagined such a thing , among other things we are talking about a family that is economically in place, they do not need anything, but of what happens inside the home many times we only learn about facts that have happened ".
(Unioneonline / lf)
