Overview
- Marco Paventi, 58, admitted killing his mother Enrica Bardotti and led investigators to her body, recovered on February 11 in a wooded area between Stupinigi and Vinovo.
- Turin prosecutors placed Paventi under police detention on suspicion of homicide and concealment of a corpse and are seeking judicial validation as an autopsy is arranged.
- In Bordighera, Manuela Aiello, 43, remains in pretrial custody on suspicion of preterintentional homicide of her two‑year‑old daughter after a judge cited risk of evidence tampering.
- Imperia prosecutors have placed Aiello’s 42‑year‑old partner under investigation, seized his residence, and set the child’s autopsy for Monday in Sanremo.
- Investigators are evaluating bruises and possible blunt‑force trauma against accounts of a staircase fall, while Aiello’s two older children have been moved to institutional care.