Infanticide Padua, mother under house arrest in Puglia

(ANSA) – PADUA, 31 OCTOBER – Melissa Russo, the 29-year-old mother accused of the infanticide of her daughter, who was found dead shortly after giving birth in the bathroom of an apartment above a nightclub in Piove di Sacco (Padua), will be placed under house arrest. . The Padua court accepted the request of the investigating prosecutor Sergio Dini. The young woman, accused of aggravated voluntary manslaughter, apparently availed herself of the right not to answer during the interrogation. The woman, an Italian-Brazilian, has in the meantime been discharged from the hospital in Padua and will be accompanied by the police in the next few hours to the family residence in Puglia. Meanwhile, the autopsy on the newborn’s little body is awaited, an examination which will be carried out tomorrow morning. There would be no other suspects in the investigation and, from the investigations carried out, the dancer of the ‘Serale Club’ of Piove di Sacco would have acted alone without the help of third parties. Both the apartment and the nightclub are under seizure, while the investigations by the Nas and the Carabinieri of the Labor Inspectorate continue also to verify the regularity of the employment contracts of the 7 dancers of the club. (HANDLE).