Drama of solitude in Tarantino.
A 70-year-old German citizen, residing in Manduria, was found lifeless on Christmas evening in a villa on via del Santuario dei Santi Medici about a kilometer from the town.
The corpse in an advanced state of decomposition lay on the floor beside the bed.
The date of death would go back to at least a month ago.
According to what has been learned, the alarm was given to the carabinieri by some friends who had gone to the man's home at the request of relatives who live in Germany who were worried because he was not answering the phone.
From a first hypothesis it would be natural death.
The German citizen was probably taken ill as he was about to go to sleep considering he was wearing pajamas and was found right next to the bed.
From what has been learned, the 70-year-old also suffered from heart problems.
The body, after the go-ahead from the magistrate, will be returned to his sister who lives in Germany.
The man, retired for years, had decided to settle in Manduria where some family friends also lived and had renovated the villa on the road leading to the Sanctuary.
The bad smells coming from inside the house immediately made us think of the worst.
The elderly man's acquaintances who arrived on the spot then called the carabinieri and asked for the intervention of the 118 and the Fire Brigade who broke down the door and discovered the body.
