An 84-year-old woman was killed with scissors by her 56-year-old son, under treatment for some time for mental problems
, who then also attempted to set fire to the body in San Severino Marche (Macerata).
The incident, local media reported today, took place in the apartment where the two lived together and which is located in via Raffaello, the same street as the carabinieri barracks.
Maria Bianchi, this is the victim's name, and her son Michele Quadraroli, ran a bar together and were well known in the city.
The man was arrested by the police.
The assault would have started in the woman's bedroom and ended in the bathroom.
The 56-year-old also attempted to set fire to her body.
The alarm was raised by the man's doctor, who heard him on the phone and warned the carabinieri, who accompanied him to the barracks
to question him, even in the presence of a trusted lawyer: during the night he was arrested.
It is assumed that Quadraroli, who had had flu symptoms, so much so that he closed the bar for a few days, had not taken his usual medicines
.
His mental problems were known in San Severino Marche.
