Bruises on the face, but killed by a stab wound in the back. Maybe a blade like those used in the kitchen. They are the first pieces of a crime story that comes from Napolifrom the neighborhood Bridges. It was the medical staff ofVilla Betania hospitalwhere the body was dumped, that the first help was given to a 22-year-old girl, Ilenia Musella. But the young woman was already dead, the health workers were unable to do anything to save her life. It is not clear who was on board the car, which drove away immediately afterwards and is being traced through video surveillance systems. The girl was immediately identified thanks to the documents she had in her pocket.
The investigations
State Police investigators are now looking for the victim’s brother, Giuseppe, 28 years old. The young man surrendered untraceable. The current hypothesis is that the murder occurred during a family dispute. The girl lived in the area of Conocal Park Of Bridges. And it is precisely in that district, one of the most complicated in the city, that the investigations to reconstruct what happened and why. It has not yet been established where the stabbing occurred. But it was the residents of the area who pointed to the 28-year-old as the possible culprit. The agents of Flying Squadtogether with colleagues from Ponticelli‘s police station, immediately listened family members e amici of the victim.
The Musella family lives in via Chiaro di Luna, in the Conocal district, an agglomeration of public housing built after the 1980 earthquake. A degraded and highly problematic area, where drug dealing and the presence of the Camorra weigh on the lives of respectable people. But crime has nothing to do with it this time: Ilenia was apparently killed at the height of a family dispute. The Flying Squad investigators are reconstructing in detail the relationships with Ilenia’s brother and her social network, who is very active on social media. There appears to be no complaint filed by the young woman towards stalkers or ex-boyfriends, an element that further concentrated the investigations in the family circle.
The aggression
Ilenia was first hit by punches and slaps on the face and then fatally stabbed in the back on the street in a crescendo of screams that attracted the attention of many in the neighborhood. The investigation is coordinated by prosecutor Ciro Capasso. Outside the Villa Betania hospital, scenes of anger and desperation: a small crowd of relatives and friends gathered, crying and remembering. There were no moments of tension, the situation is being kept under control by the police.
The reactions
“The police and the judiciary are already acting and we must always rely on them with confidence” declared the prefect of Naples, Michele of Bariwho was coordinating a meeting of the Provincial Committee for Public Order and Security which was held this afternoon in Santa Maria la Carità, a municipality in the Stabia area, with the presence of numerous mayors from the area. “a tragedy“, said the prefect.
Even the mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredicommented on social media: “Sad by the death of this young girl from Ponticelli. The police and the judiciary will be able to reconstruct the facts. Our commitment will be even stronger to reduce pockets of discomfort in neighborhoods in which we are investing for the regeneration of the territory”.
