Mother and daughter died of intoxication, the prosecutor: “Autopsy results inconclusive”

He left intensive care and was transferred to an ordinary ward Gianni Di Vitafather of Sara and husband of Antonella di Ielsi, death from suspected food poisoning on December 25.

His condition was announced by the hospital Spallanzani of Romehave improved, the man seems to be on the way to recovery, therefore he can continue to be “duly assisted” even outside the Intensive Care Unit, where he had been urgently transferred in recent days. The eldest daughter is also in the same facility, hospitalized in recent days as a precaution. She has never felt ill, has always been asymptomatic and it is assumed that she did not participate in the meal that cost the lives of her mother and sister.

The main lead at the moment seems to be that of a preserve contaminated by poisonous mushrooms, but no one is yet able to say with certainty what the origin and nature of the intoxication was, which is why the girl was also subjected to toxicological examinations and tests.

It was hoped that decisive elements would emerge from the autopsies, carried out today at the Cardarelli hospital in Campobasso, but “no immediate cognitive elements emerged”, said the prosecutor Nicola D’Angelo. To understand more, it will be necessary to wait for the results of the chemical and toxicological tests, which will require longer technical times.

The two women felt ill within a few hours of each other, between 24 and 25 December, and twice went to the emergency room of the Cardarelli hospital in Campobassobut they were sent home. It will be up to the investigation, opened by prosecutor Nicola D’Angelo, to ascertain whether and to what extent protocols and guidelines were correctly followed.

For this reason, three doctors from the emergency room of the Campobasso hospital, M.Aria Balbo, Ramon Aldo Olivieri and Pietro Vuotto and two colleagues from the emergency medical service, Angela Maria Castelluzzo and Michele Formichella. He doesn’t get out of balance the lawyer Paolo Laneseone of the lawyers appointed by the victims’ families. “At the moment – he explains – no hypothesis is excluded: poisonous mushrooms, contaminated preserves. Everything depends on the results of the autopsies. Let’s assume that they find a suspicious substance, that any poison is found, it is clear that the picture changes. So I repeat, no hypothesis is excluded, not even that of poisoning”.