Overview
- Police say Olena Stasiuk fatally cut her son Giovanni’s throat in her Muggia apartment and later suffered self-inflicted wounds before being detained.
- The Trieste civil tribunal on 13 May authorized one weekly meeting without supervision after a period of protected visits, a change the father had opposed.
- Records cited by local media describe earlier threats and a 2023 episode in which the boy reported being strangled, with injuries documented by doctors.
- The Justice Ministry has requested a report on the court’s decision as prosecutors and forensic units pursue autopsy and scene reconstruction, and her arrest has been confirmed.
- Muggia’s mayor declared civic mourning and activated counseling for the child’s school, while the defense plans to seek a psychiatric evaluation.