She had just returned home when the argument started and her husband attacked her hitting her with a dozen stab wounds. She died like that Ignazia Tumatis, 59 years old, victim of yet another femicide. Her husband, Luciano Hellies, 77, was arrested on charges of voluntary manslaughter. The clothing and knife used in the crime were seized.
Second as reconstructed by the Flying Squad of the Cagliari Police Headquarters, relations between the two, married for a long time, were no longer going well. There had been small discussions perhaps linked to the change in the relationship: they lived separately at home, and the victim often went out. Even last night the argument apparently started because the woman had returned home late, immediately after the end of Italy’s match with Spain. “He laughed in my face and I never saw him again”, the 77-year-old would have said according to what L’Unione Sarda reports.
At that point he grabbed a large kitchen knife and hit his wife about ten times. The 77-year-old then called his daughters: “I killed her“, he said. The officers of the flying squad and 118 immediately arrived in via Pogdora. The police stopped the 77-year-old, he was at home, in a state of shock, he still had blood on his clothes. The 118 doctors attempted to resuscitate the woman, but there was nothing they could do. The specialists of the flying squad then arrived on site, coordinated by the manager Emanuele Fattori, the forensic team, the prosecutor on duty Diana Lecca and the medical examiner.
