Overview

• On June 17 in Racale, Filippo Manni, 21, used a scout axe to fatally attack his mother, 54-year-old CNH Industrial procurement officer Teresa Sommario, following a domestic disagreement.
• Manni told magistrates he snapped after his mother reproached him for entering the home without saying hello.
• Carabinieri apprehended Manni shortly after the killing when he was found wandering in a confused state near Torre Suda.
• The weapon was a small axe owned by Manni’s 17-year-old twin brother, normally used for Boy Scout activities.
• One of Sommario’s twins discovered her body and alerted authorities as investigators probe family tensions and prepare for the June 20 autopsy.