Kills her elderly and sick father, arrested in Milan

A 56-year-old woman, Giovanna Jacob, was arrested in Milan on charges of murder aggravated by kinship for the death of her 87-year-old father, Carlo, a former film critic suffering from senile dementia. It was the daughter who called the police last Sunday: "Hurry, come, maybe I killed my father" said the woman, later admitting that she had gagged and tied her father "to avoid problems with the condominiums" as the elderly man was struggling and screaming.

The news was reported today by Il Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica and Il Giorno.

When the Carabinieri from the Mobile Radio Unit arrived at the apartment in Via Don Calabria, on the outskirts of the city, there was nothing left to do for the 87-year-old, who lived with his daughter.

"He had been ill for a year," the woman told the military, explaining that in recent weeks she had forced her father to bed almost every day to prevent him from disturbing him during his violent crises. The police proceeded with the arrest and the prosecutor asked for validation.