Forensic finds undercut Italian man's mutual-killing story in Aigio double homicide
New crime-lab results show the kitchen knife was wiped clean and the female victim had no gunpowder residue, undercutting the defendant’s claim of a mutual killing.
The investigation
The double homicide in the village of Loggos, near Aigio, claimed the life of a 54-year-old woman and her 26-year-old son. The woman’s 65-year-old Italian partner, arrested at the scene, has been held in pre-trial detention since Saturday on charges of intentional homicide. He continues to deny involvement, claiming the mother killed her son and then took her own life.
Forensic evidence contradicts the defense
Crime-laboratory reports released on Monday call that account into question. The kitchen knife, a 20-centimeter blade found beneath the woman’s body, carried no fingerprints at all. Police sources told Patrapress.gr, “The knife was moved from the kitchen to the bedroom. Common sense says it would have at least the print of whoever held it last. The total absence of findings says a lot about how the perpetrator handled the murder weapon.” No gunpowder residue was detected on the woman’s hands, and the forensic examiner’s report rules out the possibility that she fired the shot that killed her son.
Signs of staging and cleanup
Investigators believe the scene was deliberately arranged to suggest a mutual killing. Bloodstains, some partially erased, were found in other rooms of the house using a special chemical agent. The suspect’s underwear, which he had washed, also showed blood traces. A knife and a Flobert-type gun were left in place, yet the woman’s fingerprints on the weapon and a laptop were made in blood, indicating she touched them after being wounded. The police spokesperson, Konstantina Dimoglidou, stated, “There is evidence that the crime scene has been altered. Someone intervened to cover traces.” She added that no cleaning tools such as a broom or mop were found in the house, while the first officers on the scene reported a strong smell of alcohol.
The suspect’s version
The 65-year-old maintains he was asleep and noticed nothing. He told authorities, “I went to see if he was in his room and, because the door wouldn’t open, I went around the back but it was locked. Maybe Maria killed her son and then killed herself. In general, she wasn’t well.” He claims to have cooperated fully, even helping police locate fragments of his partner’s mobile phone.
Possible accomplice being investigated
Given the apparent cleaning effort and removal of incriminating items, police are now probing whether the suspect had an accomplice who guided him remotely, possibly by phone, on how to erase evidence. A request to lift phone-records secrecy has been filed, as investigators believe no second person was present inside the house.
- Double homicide occurs in Loggos, Aigio; 54-year-old woman and 26-year-old son killed.
- 65-year-old Italian man, the woman’s partner, calls police approximately six hours after the killings.
- The man is arrested on suspicion of double murder.
- He is remanded in custody on charges of intentional homicide by an investigating magistrate and prosecutor.
- Forensic laboratory results reveal a wiped-clean knife, bloodstained fingerprints, and absence of gunpowder residue, contradicting the suspect’s story.
