Pescara, the shocking testimony on Christopher’s murder: the story

«Cristopher was making death noises and they told him to shut up. Him on the ground, with one leg crossed over the other, folded on the ground, exposed to blows on his right side.” These are the words of the story of a witness heard by investigators as part of the investigation into the stabbing of Christopher Thomas, the 16-year-old boy killed in Pescara for whose murder two peers were arrested. This person says he found himself with friends at the Pescara station around 4.30 pm: «The intent was to go to the seaside but also to talk to Cristopher Thomas who owed 200/300 euros to M.. Cristopher is in usually near the station and we met him there. M. and Cristopher started arguing because M. was aggressive and Cristopher replied that he too had friends to call. We moved first towards the station silos, where M. got annoyed because Christopher didn’t give him back the money, so M. forced Christopher to head towards the small park in via Raffaello Sanzio in a secluded area. M. also signaled us to leave but C. and I, who were following him, went after him because the situation didn’t seem calm to us. The others followed too but a little further away. While M. was walking, already inside the park, he showed us that he was holding a knife.”

«When I reached the point of view that allowed me to see the position in which M. and Christopher were, I saw Christopher losing blood and I immediately understood that M. had stabbed him. In front of me, M. continued to slash Christopber lying on the ground and moaning with his knife”, the words of the boy who saw the scene.

According to the story of the young witness, at a certain point C. also «took the knife from M.’s hands with which he also hit Christopher several times who continued to moan and made a death sound. I was astonished and didn’t have the strength to react. Then when I, M. and C. rejoined the rest of the group, everyone knew what had happened because I, who arrived first, told it.” After this chilling scene the boys decide to go to the seaside: «Despite what happened we went to the seaside to swim, on the beach of the Croce del Sud establishment and M. got rid of the knife that he had wrapped in C’s sock. covered in blood, throwing it behind the rocks facing the beach, on the open sea side. I was really stunned and I understood that it wasn’t something I could keep to myself and so I spoke first with my brother and then with my parents and, together with my father, I went to the police station to report the fact.”