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Italy Orders Autopsies in Two Child Deaths as Prosecutors Probe Hospital Discharge and Suspected Murder-Suicide

Autopsy findings will steer both investigations to determine potential criminal responsibility.

Overview

  • Belluno: a two-year-old, Ludovica, died hours after being discharged from Feltre’s Santa Maria del Prato; prosecutors opened an inquiry against unknown persons and assigned medico-legal expert Antonello Cirnelli to perform the autopsy.
  • Ulss 1 Dolomiti launched an internal clinical review, while the family filed a formal complaint seeking verification of the hospital’s assessment reportedly based on stable parameters at discharge.
  • Salento: a diver reported a body at sea off Torre dell’Orso later identified as 35-year-old Najoua Minniti, and carabinieri subsequently found her son, 8-year-old Elia Perrone, dead in their home in Calimera.
  • Lecce investigators are pursuing a probable murder‑suicide pending autopsy and forensic results, with early observations indicating signs consistent with strangulation on the child, though other lines of inquiry have not been excluded.
  • The boy’s father, Fabio Perrone, set off the search with a missing‑person report; local reports cite prior family conflict and the mother’s fragility as authorities continue the inquiries.