Overview
- Firefighters entered the locked apartment by a balcony after the son reported he could not get in and discovered the woman's body around 22:00.
- Medico-legal examiners reported clear signs of violence to the neck and wrists and said strangulation is one hypothesis under study.
- A preliminary timing assessment indicated the death occurred at least three hours before the body was found.
- The victim's 20-year-old son told investigators he left the home early in the evening to eat and was placed under formal detention after a lengthy interrogation.
- The Carabinieri are leading the probe under the Procura di Imperia and further forensic tests, an autopsy, and verification of timelines and evidence are continuing.