Doubts about the death of the well-known Bari gynecologist Sergio Schonauer, aged 79, which occurred in recent days in Trani were raised by one of the children who filed a complaint following which the prosecutor of Trani opened an investigation and blocked the cremation of the body . According to reports from various newspapers, the body was detained by order of the Prosecutor's Office by the carabinieri who intervened on the day of the funeral, last Saturday.
Schonauer was a well-known doctor, and was director of the gynecology department of the Policlinico di Bari. He lived in Trani with his second wife. According to the newspapers, the complaint was presented by one of the children, who suspects that the death did not occur from natural causes.