An elderly couple were found
with their cuts throat in their home at Parete near Caserta
Monday.
The victims were named as Francesco Afratellanza, 82, and
Antonietta Della Gatta, 80.
Police are seeking their 40-year-old son.
The man, Graziano, in the past reportedly attempted suicide
and was sectioned.
Carabinieri police said he may have killed his parents in "a
fit of madness".
Graziano Afratellanza is said to have left the scene in his
car, a Passat.
The couple's bodies were found in their bedroom buy their
daughter-in-law.
The bodies bore many stab wounds, especially to the neck,
police said.
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