The investigating judge validated the arrest and issued a custody order
The grandmother of the newborn found dead inside a backpack abandoned last Sunday on the rocks of Villa San Giovanni, near the landing stages, remains in prison.
This was established by the investigating judge Giovanna Sergi who validated the detention order issued on Wednesday by the Reggio Calabria Prosecutor’s Office and issued, at the request of the prosecutor Giovanni Bombardieri, the deputy Walter Ignazitto and the prosecutor Tommaso Pozzati, a precautionary custody order in prison confirming the accusatory system.
The woman, mother of the thirteen-year-old with mental deficiency who gave birth to the baby, according to the reconstruction made by the Flying Squad and the Carabinieri, immediately after the birth would have worked to place the newborn baby inside a backpack and abandon it shortly after on the cliff in front of the seafront of Villa San Giovanni.
The investigation revealed that the minor was helped by her mother during the birth phase and that the baby, found still with the umbilical cord attached, was born alive.
Furthermore, by viewing the video surveillance cameras on the Villese seafront, the carabinieri and police were able to demonstrate that the backpack was left among the rocks by the woman, now accused of infanticide in conditions of material and moral abandonment.
Woman who, during the guarantee interrogation, made use of the right not to answer.
While the ordinary prosecutor’s office continues its investigations to verify whether there are other responsibilities, the other line of the investigation also continues, coordinated by the juvenile prosecutor Roberto Di Palma and the deputy Giuseppe Creazzo who are identifying who the father of the newborn is.
