The autopsy examinations on the remains of Antonella Salamone and on the bodies of her children Emanuel, aged 5, and Kevin, aged 16, who were tortured and killed in their home in Altavilla, were concluded very late yesterday evening in the forensic medicine institute of the Palermo Polyclinic. .
Giovanni Barreca, the woman's husband and father of the two boys, confessed to the massacre, aided by his 17-year-old daughter and two alleged accomplices, Sabrina Fina and Massimo Caradente, who convinced them to perform a sort of exorcism on their relatives to "free them from the devil."
The autopsies on the tortured bodies of the boys confirmed what had already been highlighted by the medical examiner: the two brothers were abused and tortured.
On the bodies there are clear signs of burns and mistreatment of all kinds admitted even by the 17-year-old who confessed to having actively participated in the massacre.
As for the mother's remains, we will have to wait for the DNA test and a whole series of investigations on the bones found buried and burned.
To establish the exact causes of death (there has always been talk of strangulation or suffocation) more in-depth tests will be necessary.
The deadlines for submitting the defined report are 90 days.
Whoever had first entered that house had spoken of pure horror.
A shocking vision confirmed by the words of the chief prosecutor of Termini Imerese Ambrogio Cartosio during the press conference: "in many years of my career I have never seen anything more horrible".
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Funeral home in the Municipality on Monday, city mourning proclaimed
The bodies of Kevin and Emanuel will return to Altavilla Milicia tomorrow morning.
In fact, the autopsy on their bodies has been completed, while other analyzes are still underway on the remains of her mother, Antonella Salamone, who were burned and buried after the killing.
The funeral chapel will be set up at the Zucchetto municipal complex and will remain open from around midday until 8pm.
At 6pm the parish priest, Don Salvo Priola, will preside over a moment of prayer and farewell.
"With the certainty of interpreting the profound feeling of condolence of the entire Altaville community - said the mayor Pietro Virga -, I proclaimed, in agreement with the other municipal administrators, the city mourning for tomorrow 19 February 2024, in where the bodies of Kevin and Emmanuel Barreca, who tragically died together with their mother Antonella Salamone, will be buried".
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