A judge will rule in a
hearing on Wednesday whether to confirm the Sunday arrest of
Mamadou Kamara, an 18-year-old Ivorian man accused of killing a
couple in Palagonia at the weekend, the Caltagirone prosecutor's
office said Tuesday.
At Wednesday's hearing, chief prosecutor Vincenzo Verzera
will ask the judge to order Kamara to be held in pre-trial
custody in prison.
Autopsies on the bodies of both victims, Vincenzo Solano,
68, and his wife Mercedes Ibanez, 70, were completed during the
night Tuesday, with an initial report to be filed with the
prosecutor's office by the end of Wednesday.
A judicial source said Ibanez may have been raped before
being killed.
The source said the autopsy revealed "just clues, although
they are various, that don't give certainties".
Final autopsy results will be filed with the prosecutor's
office within 60 days.
According to an initial report, the murder weapons may have
been a screwdriver and a large pair of pliers.
A judge on Tuesday signed an order allowing the bodies to
be returned to the victims' families for funeral ceremonies,
which are scheduled to take place on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
Police arrested Kamara Sunday after he was found with
blood-stained trousers as well as a mobile phone and clothes
belonging to Solano in the Cara di Mineo migrant reception
centre, where he had been living since June.
The couples' daughter, Rosita Solano, on Monday blamed the
government as "also" responsible for the killings.
"They let these migrants come here and they do what they
want, including burgling and killing," Solano said.
On Tuesday, Solano challenged Premier Matteo Renzi to "show
his face" in Palagonia.
"The death of my parents evidently doesn't even merit a
tweet from Premier Renzi or Minister Alfano," Solano said.
"I want justice, not political controversy. Renzi, come
talk to me, show your face, before the funeral," she said.
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