Lorenzo Casini, the mother of the boy who died in Verona does not give up: “The case was closed as a suicide, but there was a failure to give aid”
“I organized the garrison to make known the story of my son, who died due to a violent death, and to raise awareness among public opinion and the judiciary. The January 3, 2023 I’ve been waiting for the truth for 4 years, I’m waiting for more in-depth investigations to open because I’m not convinced of the circumstances of his death. I want to know what happened that night.” Elizabeth Casini53 years old, she is the mother of Lorenzo, a waiter in a restaurant in Affi, who was 22 years old when in 2019 he was found at home with a dog leash around his neck. hung on the staircase of the apartment where to live, in Gazzoli, a fraction of Costermano del Garda. “The closed case came in less than an hour as a suicide – explains the woman – without any kind of investigative investigation. The coroner was not even called. In less than two weeks it was archived. I won’t rest until I have a clear answer.”
On November 17, the hearing for the opposition to a further request for dismissal made by the Public Prosecutor’s Office was held before the investigating magistrate. Elisabetta Casini, in fact, had filed a complaint for wrongful death against her son’s best friend, the boy’s roommate and her ex-boyfriend. A couple of days earlier, the bond with the latter had gone into crisis. But is this enough to justify a suicide? “My son had asked the roommate a drug because he wanted to sleep. Strange that she hired him because he knew he was allergic to that product. – Continues the woman – Then he felt bad. She had asked for help with some messages. The friend, the ex-boyfriend and the roommate knew that Lorenzo was sick, but they did nothing to rescue him. They could have called 911. They could have called me too. They didn’t. Because?”.
The ambulance had been alerted when the roommate found the body. But it was too late. The doctor who intervened had written that it was a suicide. “Now I’m waiting for the judge’s decision. I just want justice. And I hope no other mother can lose a child to failure to help”. The last hope is that the investigations will not come archive. This is what the lawyer Antonio Guglielmelli supported, who assists Elisabetta Casini. The mother, while waiting for her, had no choice but to organize a gazebo in Piazza Bra in Verona, with photographs of her boyfriend. A beautiful October, to remember Lorenzo Casini a white bench was inaugurated in Garda’s Rimembranza Park: “It’s a symbol of solidarity. We want to sensitize everyone, but especially the younger ones, to listening to each other; against bullying and indifference”.