The file against Marco Manfrinati (in this article the crime in Varese: the ambush on the ex, the punches and stabs in the face, then the father who came to defend her kills her) had opened two years ago for mistreatment of ex-wife; in anticipation of the trial, he had self-suspended himself from the Bar Association: previously he had gained extensive experience in divorce cases, both in the courtrooms and by participating in refresher courses. That of themurderer he is not a well-known name at all in the legal circuit: but two of his colleagues heard from Courier, and who do not want to appear so as not to be linked to the tragedy fearing bad publicity, confirm that due to doubts related to the separation requests, they made a phone call. Finding the answers.
At the Prosecutor’s Office we are told again that that investigation was very meticulous, also relying on a significant number of witnesses. Manfrinati’s scream yesterday against her ex-mother-in-law, who was trying to bend over her injured daughter and husband together, summarizes hatred against anyone related to Lavinia. Parents, uncles, cousins: anyone, really. It was, and perhaps will remain, Manfrinati’s belief that they hatched a plot to destroy him. «These people also want to take my breath away» he repeated, over and over again, to the fewer and fewer friends who remained at his side.
Lavinia had reported him but not immediately, perhaps waiting for what he believed to be a difficult transitory moment, of confusion, of nervous exhaustion, but certainly not eternal, to pass; then she, pushed by her mother and father, was finally convinced. The magistrates’ examination had determined the ban on Manfrinati approaching his ex-partner. Precisely due to the history of violence and in addition to a present of dangers linked to Lavinia’s fears that hers would suddenly manifest itself in front of her. Fear had revolutionized her existencetriggering perennial states of anxiety, and forcing her to take precautions even for the simple trip to the supermarket on a Saturday afternoon.
The judicial process had, as a physiological action, eliminated Manfrinati’s chances of meeting his son, who is just a few years old. The police’s listening activities will go backwards, looking for behavior in the last few days: for example shadowing activities in preparation for ambushes. Like the one on Monday. None of the possible people “monitored” by Manfrinati, who no longer had a job, burdened by money problems, in complete disarray, sleepless, dedicated himself exclusively to thoughts of revenge, had noticed anomalies, otherwise the alarm to the police would have been immediate. Starting with Lavinia, an entire family was on constant alert.
Among the priorities of the investigators is to ensure a monitoring in prison to avoid suicide. It will be the task of psychiatrists to outline Manfrinati’s picture: however useful he may be, the profile of a creature of habit is conveyed, a man frightened by the unexpected and with a high, at least exhibited in public, self-esteem.
