The husband of a 43-year-old
female DJ found dead near Messina last week after disappearing
with her four-year-old son after a car crash two weeks ago said
Wednesday she would never have killed him.
The man, Daniele Mondello, ruled out the hypothesis of a
murder-suicide.
He also said the likelihood of the pair being killed by wild
dogs was scant.
"Viviana would never have killed Gioele," said Daniele Mondello
about his late wife, Viviana Parisi.
"Furthermore, she was not afraid of dogs".
The DJ, who had reportedly been treated for persecutory mania
and mystic fits, disappeared with Gioele after driving into in
the countryside near Caronia.
Mondello is taking part in search efforts for Gioele along with
relatives and about 100 volunteers, as well as police and army
units.
Murder-suicide is one of the possibilities police are looking
at, along with an accident and an attack by wild animals.
The army search effort was boosted Tuesday.
"We have added another 10 teams to the 20 already operating in
the bid to find Gioele (Parisi)," said Patti prosecutor Angelo
Cavallo.
Viviana Parisi's Her cousin by marriage, Claudio Mondello, said
Tuesday "Viviana was a fragile woman but had been helped by her
family," including husband Daniele Mondello.
"She had had problems with persecution manias and mystical
delirium, and had been in hospital for treatment."
The father has issued a fresh appeal for help to anyone who
might have seen Gioele.
"We urge you to come forward," said Daniele Mondello.
An eye witness said that Gioele had been alive and unhurt after
the car crash he and his mother suffered on August 3, the day
they went missing.
"Gioele was alive, in his mother's arms, in a vertical position
and without any injury," said the witness, according to
prosecutor Cavallo.
The boy's eyes were open, the witness added, according to
Cavallo.
Cavallo said he had spoken to witnesses after their return to
northern Italy following a holiday in Sicily.
He said they initially had doubts whether they had seen Parisi
and her son.
But then they saw the DJ's photo on TV and got in touch with
police, he said.
Police have posited various theories about the riddle of the
DJ's death and Gioele's disappearance.
These include the murder-suicide, another fatal accident, and an
attack by wild animals.
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