The 17-year-old boy accused of
murdering a girl of his same age in north Rome this week was
questioned on Saturday by a preliminary investigations judge
(GIP) who will decide whether he should remain under arrest.
He is alleged to have killed Michelle Maria Causo, in the
apartment where he lived in the Primavalle neighbourhood on the
capital before leaving her body inside a garbage bag in a
shopping trolley next to a trash container.
He was arrested on Thursday morning.
The brutality of the attack, the way the body was treated and
the age of the alleged killer and the victim have caused
widespread shock and dismay in Italy.
Causo presented at least six wounds inflicted by a kitchen knife
to the neck, chest and back, according to preliminary autopsy
findings released on Friday.
She was not sexually assaulted, according to the preliminary
findings.
Investigators are focusing on establishing the motive for the
homicide, sources said.
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