Overview
- Police discovered a middle‑aged woman of foreign origin dead inside an isolated house in the woods near Ceriana, and a first external examination of the body has been carried out.
- The victim’s partner has been detained and is being interrogated by carabinieri, with investigators placing his position at the center of the inquiry.
- Investigators have provisionally indicated strangulation as the likely cause of death but say medico‑legal tests are needed to confirm the finding.
- The Procura di Imperia has taken over the investigation, placed the home under seizure for technical‑scientific inspections, and ordered further forensic and witness inquiries.
- Local officials plan interviews and laboratory exams to establish the motive and full dynamics of the death, and the outcome will determine whether formal charges are filed.