The parents of Michelle Maria Causo, a
17-year-old girl stabbed to death in Rome last week, have
dismissed the claim by the boy suspected of the homicide that a
row over money sparked the lethal attack.
Causo's body was found inside a garbage bag in a shopping
trolley next to a trash container in the Rome's Primavalle
neighbourhood.
The brutality of the attack, the way the body was treated and
the age of the victim and the alleged killer, also 17, have
caused widespread shock and dismay in Italy.
During four hours of questioning before a preliminary
investigations judge (GIP) on Saturday, the suspect said the
lethal attack took place after a row over 20 euros he owed Causo
for hashish, sources said.
"This story about the debt is nonsense," said Causo's mother
Daniela Bertoneri, adding that she thinks the homicide was
premeditated.
The girl's father told Corriere della Sera that he thinks his
daughter was attacked after she repelled a sexual advance from
her killer.
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