Friday will be the 'day of truth' for
the alleged murder of Giulia Cecchettin by her ex-boyfriend
Filippo Turetta as an autopsy on the 22-year-old Padua
university student's body takes place in Padua and her
21-year-old fellow former student appears before a Venice
prosecutor in a Verona prison and may shed light on her multiple
alleged stabbing and vain attempts to defend herself.
Prosecutors are awaiting Turetta's appearance before prosecutor
Andrea Petroni in Verona to decide whether to up his charge from
homicide to premeditated murder based on his testimony and tests
on his car, which has been brought back form Germany where he
was arrested on a highway near Leipzig on November 19.
Meanwhile, 100 kilometres away at the Institute of Forensic
Medicine in Padua, the autopsy on Cecchettin's body may shed
light on the modalities of the terrible attack on the student,
who fought to defend herself.
Turetta, a biomedical engineering student on the same course as
his ex, has confessed to the murder.
In the meantime, Cecchettin's father and sister, through their
lawyers, continue to collect testimonies from those closest to
her, who report a fear of her ex-boyfriend's behaviour and a
"persecution".
The bloody case has reignited protests against a wave of
femicides sweeping Italy.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
