Elderly couple found dead at home in Mirandola, Modena, homicide suspected
Police, carabinieri and 118 medical staff found the bodies of two elderly spouses inside their home on the evening of 15 October 2026. The couple's son is being sought for questioning, and investigators are treating the deaths as a suspected double homicide.
Discovery at the house
Police, carabinieri and 118 emergency staff went to a house in Mirandola, in the province of Modena, on the evening of Thursday, 15 October 2026, after two elderly spouses were found dead inside. Fanpage reports that the couple were found in a pool of blood at a farmhouse in the countryside where they lived, on via Imperiale, and that firefighters forced their way in. Early reconstructions point to a homicide, and investigators are working on the assumption that it happened within the family. The investigation is at a very early stage.
Injuries and conflicting first accounts
Fanpage describes several wounds to the head on the victims. Il Giornale and Il Messaggero report, based on first details from the scene, that both bodies were decapitated. The articles do not explain the difference between the two accounts, and no further detail on how the deaths happened has been published in them. The victims are described only as an elderly husband and wife.
The son and open questions
According to Fanpage, investigators want to question the couple's son, and the search for him is ongoing. Il Giornale reports that his position in relation to events is not yet known. No one has been named as a suspect in the articles. The sources also do not say who alerted police to the presence of the two bodies, and ANSA notes that the caller is unknown.