Luciano Hellies remained silent before the judge. The 77-year-old accused of stabbing to death his wife Ignazia Tumatis, who was eighteen years younger, made use of the right not to answer during the interrogation yesterday morning.
Assisted by the lawyer Roberto Olla, he did not even make spontaneous statements to try, if ever possible, to explain what led him to strike with about ten blows that woman who - despite the two having lived separated in the house for some time - was the mother of their four daughters and grandmother of their beloved grandchildren. After a few hours from the interrogation, the order arrived confirming the precautionary custody in prison. The pensioner thus remains in the Uta penitentiary.
What happened on Thursday around 11pm in the house on the ground floor of Via Podgora 5 was reconstructed by the Police: Ignazia Tumatis returned home and her husband asked her why she hadn't returned for dinner. There was a brief argument in the kitchen and when the woman told him she was free to do whatever she wanted, the 77-year-old grabbed a knife, stabbing his wife again and again. Then he called a daughter: "I killed your mother."
On Friday evening, the medical examiner Roberto Demontis carried out an autopsy on the woman's body. The examination lasted almost five hours and confirmed that there were about ten stab wounds.
Matteo Vercelli
