Overview
- The parents are charged with voluntary manslaughter under the Italian doctrine of dolo eventuale, according to prosecutor Paolo Filetta.
- After a 2022 bone cancer diagnosis at Bologna’s Rizzoli hospital, the family followed adviser Matteo Penzo, who urged them to refuse a biopsy, leave the hospital, and use clay packs and ibuprofen.
- Penzo directed the family to the Valdibrucia holistic center in Badia Tedalda, whose founders Pierre Pellizzari and Immacolata Quaranta say they were not told of the complex diagnosis.
- When the boy’s condition worsened, Perugia emergency doctors reconstructed the case and began chemo and radiotherapy, but the disease was too advanced for surgery, leading to palliative care in Vicenza and death in early 2024.
- In a recent interview, the father cited fear of conventional medicine, while the mother warned others to steer clear of Hamer’s theories.