Overview
- Police and firefighters forced entry to the Muggia apartment late Wednesday, finding Giovanni dead from throat wounds and his mother in shock with superficial cuts.
- Investigators arrested Olena Stasiuk after initial hospital care on suspicion of aggravated voluntary homicide and transferred her to the Trieste jail.
- Court and social-service records indicate the child had been entrusted to his father, with supervised contacts that were relaxed only days ago to unsupervised meetings.
- The father had repeatedly warned authorities, documenting a 2023 episode of neck bruising and citing threats such as "If I die, Giovanni dies with me."
- The mayor declared mourning and the municipality is supporting the boy’s school, as scrutiny turns to the tribunal, social services and mental‑health providers over risk assessment and oversight.