an acquaintance speaks –

In Traversetolo, in the province of Parma, disbelief reigns. The community, since the discovery of other remains near the villa in Vignale, where on August 9th a lifeless newborn was found, whose 22-year-old mother has been identified and who, according to the prosecutor, gave birth alone at home, is still shocked. Some of the girl’s peers are shocked by what happened. A normal, quiet girl: this is how she is described by those who knew her and had the opportunity to spend time with her. On Pomeriggio Cinque, the news and current affairs program hosted by Myrta Merlino, the matter was discussed again. Speaking to the microphones of the program and interfacing with a correspondent, an acquaintance of the 22-year-old told of the last time she met the young woman.

The girl under investigation seemed “a student, a girl like many others who lived in an apparently happy context”, she confessed. Is it possible that no one sensed some strangeness in her behavior or in her relationship with the people closest to her? “No particular problems, she lived carefree between studying and lots of jobs”, the woman reported. Then the question about the last time the two saw each other: “The last time I saw her was in early July and I didn’t notice anything, no apparent pregnancy”, she said. At that point the correspondent asked for more details on the way the suspect dressed. “Shorts and loose-fitting T-shirts, but nothing that suggested a belly or something like that”, the acquaintance concluded.