Overview
- Medical examiner Francesco Ventura reported a major cranial injury and widespread lesions, with the exact cause of death pending histological tests.
- The time window of death has been narrowed to no more than about six hours before the 8:21 a.m. emergency call, according to early autopsy indications.
- Prosecutors and the investigating judge allege the mother drove roughly 20 kilometers from Perinaldo to Bordighera with the child already dead and the two older sisters in the car.
- Manuela Aiello remains in custody on an omicidio preterintenzionale charge, while her partner, Emanuel Iannuzzi, is under investigation and his Perinaldo home has been seized for RIS forensic work.
- Investigators cite contradictions between the mother’s account and surveillance footage, and an initial forensic report described multiple intentional traumas, some from blunt objects, inconsistent with a fall.