He'll have his say, perhaps. Perhaps he'll try to offer some sort of explanation for those 40 minutes of blind and merciless madness that, at dawn on Thursday, destroyed two families forever. Or he'll choose, once again, silence.
Alessandro Pintus , the 39-year-old bricklayer accused of gunning down his 42-year-old brother Andrea in Margine Rosso, on the Quartu coast, after less than half an hour earlier in Solanas, he had left his wife Michela Rubiu (47, from Sinnai) near death with a single bullet to the face , will appear today before the Cagliari investigating judge for a validation hearing. But when the suspect, charged with murder and attempted aggravated murder, appears before Judge Ermengarda Ferrarese, the public prosecutor Giangiacomo Pilia may have already charged him with a new, very serious crime: the attempted murder of an eyewitness who allegedly witnessed the argument with his wife outside the family bar on Via Al Mare in Solanas, which subsequently resulted in the shot being fired at her.
This morning the necropsy report on Andrea Pintu 's body is also scheduled: The examination will be carried out by coroner Professor Roberto Demontis at the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Brotzu Hospital, where the body was transported late Thursday morning. Investigators and Deputy Prosecutor Giangiacomo Pilia want to know how many gunshots Alessandro Pintus fired at his brother and how many later proved fatal .
Michela Rubiu remains hospitalized in intensive care at Brotzu: her very serious condition is stable, a torchlight procession has been organized for this evening in the tourist village which will start after the mass .
On site, the Carabinieri of Quartu and the Investigative Unit of Cagliari carried out a thorough inspection in the presence of the magistrate, Dr. Pilia, and the coroner Demontis himself, about whom no further information has leaked.
The information dossier on this first phase of the investigation was forwarded to the magistrate by the Carabinieri, who are investigating under the direction of Major Michele Cerri and Lieutenant Vittorio Piras.
The gun used by Alessandro Pintus was found by the Carabinieri in the man's car , a Ford, and was seized.
As the hours pass, Pintus's case appears to be worsening, with investigators now almost certain that he was premeditated, given that the 39-year-old bricklayer, hours before the tragedy, is said to have also filmed some closed-circuit cameras filming the Solanas bar, where he later attacked and attempted to kill his wife.
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