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Multiple Child and Family Deaths Under Investigation in Italy and Austria

Investigators focus on autopsies, forensic analysis to clarify causes across the cases, with suspects in custody where applicable.

Overview

  • In Salento, a diver recovered the body of Najoua Minniti off Torre dell’Orso and hours later her son, Elia Perrone, was found dead at their home in Calimera, with prosecutors pursuing a homicide–suicide hypothesis pending autopsies.
  • Carabinieri report strangulation signs on the child as inquiries examine additional injuries, while accounts describe prior family conflict and concerns about the mother’s psychological fragility.
  • In Belluno, a two-year-old died at home a few hours after discharge from Feltre’s hospital; the prosecutor opened an inquiry against unknown persons, ordered an autopsy, and the local health trust launched an internal review after the family filed a complaint.
  • In Innsbruck, police found a 34-year-old woman and her 10-year-old daughter concealed in large freezers behind a false wall; two brothers remain detained after admitting the concealment but denying homicide, with decomposition complicating cause-of-death findings.
  • Near Naples, 23-year-old Noemi Riccardi was fatally stabbed in San Paolo Belsito; her brother allegedly confessed in a 112 call and was detained as forensic examinations and witness interviews proceed.