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Calabria Murder-Suicide: Husband Kills Wife, Then Himself in Mileto

Investigators are focusing on a yearlong separation during their examination of the case.

Overview

  • Police identified the deceased as Assunta Currà, 55, and her husband Pasquale Calzone, 63, in the town of Mileto in Vibo Valentia province.
  • Investigators report that Calzone shot Currà with a legally owned pistol and then turned the weapon on himself.
  • The couple had been in the process of separating for about a year, with Currà having left the marital home and returning to finalize a move.
  • Calzone’s brother discovered the bodies and provided a statement to duty magistrate Alessandra Trabucco, who has ordered autopsies.
  • Local reporting states both died at the scene, and the couple’s adult son resides outside Calabria.