Overview
- The bodies, found Saturday in a fenced flood-control basin at Castelguglielmo, were recovered by firefighters and dive teams after a passerby raised the alarm.
- Prosecutors in Rovigo opened a homicide file to allow full forensic work, with autopsies expected soon.
- Preliminary exams found no external injuries on the woman or the child.
- Clues at the site — an empty stroller and tiny shoes on the bank, a cut fence, and a witness who saw the woman carrying the boy — pushed investigators to treat a murder–suicide as the leading hypothesis.
- Local reports identify the victims as Chen Yan, 39, and her 15-month-old son, residents nearby, and the lack of cameras at the isolated basin is hampering the timeline.