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August 28, 2020 Violent knife blows to the throat. Thus was killed Massimo Guzzardi, a 47-year-old offender, found lifeless last night in the family home in Palagonia, in the province of Catania.

The 85-year-old father of the victim, Francesco Guzzardi, was arrested and placed under house arrest for the crime.

The two would have quarreled for economic reasons. A violent quarrel that would have prompted the 85-year-old to hit his son several times in the neck. Some family members asked for help from the Carabinieri of Palagonia.

To make the military suspicious, the contrasted versions of the victim's parents, especially about their movements after the discovery of the body. Versions that have also been crossed with images from cameras in the area.

Cornered, Francesco Guzzardi confessed and also indicated the place where he had hidden the murder weapon. Confession, made before the magistrate of the Caltagirone prosecutor who follows the investigation.

Massimo Guazzardi 27 years ago was arrested with a friend who committed suicide in prison, because he was accused of having raped and then murdered a young woman from Palagonia with a jack.