The hypothesis that there were disagreements over economic issues, however, currently seems to be the prevailing one
The Carabinieri of Marcianise and the Provincial Command of Caserta, led by Colonel Manuel Scarso, are evaluating various motives for the double murder which occurred in the early afternoon of today, in Orta di Atella.
The victims – the brothers Marco and Claudio Marrandino, aged 40 and 29, both with no criminal record – were well known in Cesa, where they were originally from. Marco Marrandino, a lawyer, had also been president of the city council in the past, elected with a civic list, while his brother was an entrepreneur in the construction sector.
At the state of the investigations, there is no certainty as to the reasons that pushed the alleged murderer, a 53-year-old worker, also with no criminal record and from Cesa, to shoot them with a gun and kill them, apparently in both cases also with shots to the head.
The hypothesis that there were disagreements over economic issues, however, currently seems to be the prevailing one. Investigators are interviewing people to reconstruct the dynamics of the double murder – the brothers were in a white BMW and the worker in his car: it seems that someone saw them arguing, then Claudio was killed in the car, Marco outside while trying to escape – and to understand if there were any previous relationships among the protagonists of this tragedy and of what nature.
The crime occurred between Orta di Atella and Succivo, in the Astragata area, near the exit of the median axis. The bodies were discovered by a police crew that was on patrol in that area and who heard the shots.
The military also saw the murderer fleeing and managed to intercept and stop him shortly afterwards. At first the methods suggested a Camorra ambush, but neither the victims nor the alleged murderer appear to have any links to organized crime circles.
