A prison guard from the central
town of Cassino who was under investigation for allegedly
sexually abusing his 14-year-old daughter was found hanged early
on Monday, sources said.
A local court had ordered the 54-year-old man to leave the
family home after the girl revealed the abuse in a school essay
and his movements were monitored via an electronic bracelet.
He hanged himself at the entrance of a small mountain church
near Cassino and did not leave a suicide note, according to an
initial reconstruction.
The girl's mother reported the case to the authorities after
being summoned by the school's principal following the essay, in
which the teen said she suffered abuse "every time he and I were
alone".
A warrant from a preliminary investigations judge said that
the mother had told the girl not to "be alone with dad".
The woman had also spoken about a similar episode that her
first daughter, who is now 28, was victim of.
On that occasion the man had "promised that similar deeds
would not happen again".
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