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Sons Arrested in Quarto for Allegedly Killing Father Over Pension Dispute

Carabinieri say the brothers sedated their father, suffocated him and concealed his body in a terrace chest when he refused to give them his pension.

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Overview

  • Andrea (34) and Michele (42) Di Gennaro, a personal trainer and a biomedical engineer, were arrested June 6 in Quarto on homicide charges.
  • Their father, Antonio Di Gennaro, 71, vanished on June 3 and was reported missing by his partner two days later.
  • Prosecutors allege the brothers plotted the murder after their father declined to transfer his pension money to them.
  • Investigators say the suspects laced his coffee with a sedative before suffocating him with a pillow and plastic bag.
  • During a search of the brothers’ residence, Carabinieri found the victim’s body hidden in a trunk on the terrace and are probing evidence of premeditation.