The Rome preliminary investigations judge (GIP) on Saturday ruled that a 17-year-old boy accused of murdering a girl of his same age in the north of the Italian capital this week should remain under arrest.
The teen accused of killing a 17-year-old girl, is remanded in custody. The boy was taken to a juvenile prison after being questioned for four hours before the GIP.
He is alleged to have killed Michelle Maria Causo in the apartment where he lived in Rome’s Primavalle neighbourhood. He then left her body inside a rubbish bag in a shopping trolley next to a large bin.
The boy was arrested on Thursday morning.
The brutality of the attack, the way the body was treated and the age of the alleged killer and the victim have caused widespread shock and dismay in Italy.
At least 6 wounds on victim
Causo presented at least six wounds inflicted by a kitchen knife to the neck, chest and back. This was according to preliminary autopsy findings released on Friday. She was not sexually assaulted, the preliminary findings reported.
Investigators are focusing on establishing the motive for the homicide.
Her father demanded justice on Saturday. “The State must deliver justice, otherwise you have the justice of the street,” the man said. “There is no forgiveness for something like this. Some things never pass. I have stopped living”.
