Overview
- Judge-ordered home detention with an electronic bracelet was imposed on 25-year-old Sara Genovese on charges of double infanticide, concealment of bodies, and suppression of a cadaver tied to a 2022 case.
- Autopsy and laboratory work, including DNA comparisons at the Policlinico di Messina, concluded the babies were born alive and died from suffocation.
- The two bodies were found on July 17, 2024, inside a wardrobe at the family home in Pellaro after the suspect’s mother noticed a strong odor and alerted police.
- Investigators say surveillance footage and witness statements place Genovese alone at home during the likely birth window on July 8, 2024, supporting the reconstruction of events.
- The boyfriend is under investigation for alleged favoring of the suspect, searches with molecular dogs and georadar are ongoing for a suspected 2022 newborn, and a judge found no evidence of diminished capacity in the suspect.