Taranto, March 15, 2021 – Two women were killed in Massafra, common in the Tarantino. The double murder, which took place in an apartment in via Da Vinci in the San Francesco district, was committed by Antonio Granata, who killed his 65-year-old wife Carolina Bruno and 92-year-old mother-in-law Lorenza Addolorata Carano with a work tool. The murderer has escaped and is currently wanted. The two women, shot in the head, were found in different rooms of the apartment. The road was closed to traffic by the carabinieri; the provincial commander of the Arma, Colonel Luca Steffensen, and the deputy attorney on duty Marco Colascilla Narducci arrived on the spot.
A very heated quarrel, followed by a raptus, would have been the triggering cause of the double murder that the Carabinieri place temporally around 17 today. According to what we learn, Antonio Granata (61 years old), who as a profession deals with the pruning of trees and plants and has no criminal record, after having taken the life of his wife and mother-in-law and having tried to carry out self-injurious gestures, gave the ‘alarm to the police. Then he complained with his car, a Seat Ibiza amaranth with the license plate CA862RH, the military specify, leaving the victims in a pool of blood. Prepared the first report by the medical examiner.
“It is a huge tragedy that has hit our community”, said the mayor of Massafra, Fabrizio Quarto. The mayor himself, even before the carabinieri made official the name of the murderer and his wife, had said that “Antonio Granata was the first and strongest suspect”. Husband and wife once lived in the upstairs apartment, according to what has been learned. They have no children. Then, about a year ago, the spouses lost their accommodation at an auction and moved downstairs to their mother-in-law. All three lived here. Neighbors say the quarrels were practically the order of the day.