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 tracked down their 40-year-old son, stopping his car
on a local highway.
A knife was found at the edge of the road about a kilometre
from the house.
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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