New inspection this morning by the Carabinieri in the apartment in Caldiero (Verona) where last Sunday found the lifeless body of Maria Cristina Pugliese (the 27-year-old originally from Marina di Gioiosa Ionica) found hanged with the shower hose, but on whom a murder case was opened.
The soldiers of the Scientific Investigations Department examined not only the bathroom, but also the entire apartment where the woman had been living for a few months with a 40-year-old, who is currently under investigation in a state of freedom for voluntary homicide. The apartment is under seizure. It was the man who alerted the emergency services and the police, saying that he had found his partner’s body and that she would have taken her own life. Previously he had asked acquaintances for information, including in the bar where the woman worked occasionally, stating that her partner was unavailable and was not answering the phone.
The 27-year-old’s mother, father and brother do not believe in suicide. The woman had a 5-year-old daughter from a previous relationship; on the day of the tragedy he was with his father, a 30-year-old of Romanian origins. The autopsy, which may provide other useful elements, will be conferred by the Verona Prosecutor’s Office. «The investigations will establish what happened – declared the mayor of Caldiero, Marcello Lovato – but we are faced with a young life violently cut short, and I believe that this must force us to show respect to those who remain: the relatives , friends and also a community affected by this very serious event.”