Rome, “my girlfriend is sick”, calls 112 but she dies. He had beaten her
He had beaten her, as was often the case. But this time she felt worse than usual and had a respiratory crisis. In a panic he called 112: “Run, my girlfriend is sick.” But when the doctors arrived in the apartment in the San Paolo area, they could not help but ascertain his death. Not bad. On the woman’s body there were clear signs of violence: the doctors of 112 then contacted the state police because of those signs of bruising on the victim’s body.
Given the need for further information, the investigators of the IV section of the mobile team, specialized in combating crimes of gender-based violence, intervened, together with the operators of the XI district of San Paolo and the scientific police. The Public Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Rome who ordered the sending of medical examiners to what immediately appeared as a crime scene.
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The discovery of the violence
Following an initial analysis on the body, the man was arrested by policemen, in particular, for the crime of ill-treatment of family members and cohabitants. Against him, serious indications of a crime emerged in relation to physical and psychological violence that had been going on for months against his partner, through beatings and social isolation. Preliminary findings established that some of the injuries on the woman’s body had been inflicted even shortly before the arrival of the doctors. The investigating judge of the Court of Rome, at the outcome of the validation hearing, confirmed the restrictive measure and ordered the precautionary measure of the prison, as requested by the prosecutor.
The drama inside the house
“Physical and psychological violence on the partner. Botte that led to her death. And, as if that weren’t enough, the attempt to disguise a femicide with an illness. What happened in San Paolo is very serious and the man was arrested only thanks to the promptness of the rescuers who notified the police. The councilor for equal opportunities of Rome, Monica Lucarelli, declares in a note. «My thoughts go to that woman, who died without having been able to ask for help – she adds – she. 90 percent of violence takes place in the home and for this reason we must concentrate our efforts to raise the level of guard and raise awareness among women to get help. Our commitment is to collaborate with the Police Headquarters and the Public Prosecutors to support as much as possible all actions to combat gender-based violence. I thank the policemen and the prosecutor – concludes the councilor – for having solved a case that could have gone unpunished ».