Overview
- The mother found the child unresponsive in her crib on Monday morning in Bordighera and called 112, but rescuers could not revive her.
- The on-duty magistrate conducted a site inspection, opened an inquiry and ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
- Authorities listed cardiocirculatory arrest as the immediate mechanism pending toxicology, histology and other forensic tests.
- The mother told investigators the girl had fallen down stairs the previous evening, and the medical examiner reportedly observed bruises described as compatible with that account.
- Il Giornale reports the mother was arrested on a charge of injury causing death and cites a report alleging intentional trauma, claims not corroborated by Corriere and still under investigation.