Before the death of his eldest son LeoFive years ago for leukemiatonow that of the remaining two, Patrizio and Edoardo: the first, At the age of 28, he committed suicide by shooting himself with a rifle after killing the second, aged 24.with
three shots to the chest. Fate has lashed out ferociously at the Baltieri family, now reduced to two heartbroken parents whose community of San Massimo, a quiet residential area of Verona. “Dad and mom are two wonderful people. The mother a holy woman, humble, withdrawn; he is a former bank employee retirees who volunteered with us, here at the parish, and with the Alpinis; he spent his whole life working but he had to suffer a lot for his children”, explains the president of the San Vincenzo charity group, Luciano Bottacini, moved.
discovery at home
It was this unfortunate father who made the discovery: on the way home On Saturday night in the family apartment on via Brigata Piemonte, he found Edoardo’s lifeless body in the hallway. She immediately thought of a disease; they were the rescuers of the Suem 118 when noticing the bullet holesY. So he broke down the locked door of Patrizio’s bedroom, finding him lifeless. And there the abyss opened.
Case closed
HEDeputy Prosecutor Carlo Boranga ordered the autopsybut for the investigators of the Verona mobile team coordinated by the commissioner
vicar Gerolamo Lacquaniti there is no doubt: it is about
a murder-suicide. Patrick would have done everythingshot cwith duly registered weapons with which he went to shoot at the polygon. clearly remains of understand whybut here we leave the perimeter that
of direct interest to the researchers, so the case is closed and we enter the field of hypotheses.
two young people in trouble
Edoardo had completed the first years of high schoolthen its
schooling was interrupted. A classmate at the time recalls “hers somewhat tormented past and the difficult relationship with the
brothers”. He was now working as a waiter. in the facilities of the center and was after so many difficulties. Patrizio, on the other hand, after graduating from high school and
enrolling in Mathematics at University, he struggled with odd jobs and was particularly introverted, he rarely went out, he lived almost like a recluse.
But had not been diagnosed with any psychiatric illness, nor did he have any kind of experience with justice, so much so that he was left without
problems with carrying firearms. Between the two brothers, especially after loss of greater than – according to those who knew them – acted like a bit of “glue”, there was bad bloodbut nothing could predict what happened.
The neighbors are incredulous, like the friends who pass in front of the San Massimo building, some crying. «Now is the time for
reflection, wait for things to take a little more clarity », says the parish priest of the church of San Massimo, Don Davide Adami, who yesterday during Sunday mass wanted to call the community of faithful to pray around the pain of the Baltieri couple. “We are here, we hope that they can overcome this terrible moment – expects Bottacini – they are
surrounded by so much love and splendid family”.
