A release application for the 65-year-old Italian man who remains in pretrial detention — charged with the murder of his 54-year-old partner and her 26-year-old son in Longos, Aigio — is expected to be filed by early next week, as he continues to maintain his innocence.
Before the application is submitted, the defense is waiting to receive the signed reports from its technical consultants, who have carried out a detailed evaluation of the scientific evidence in the case.
As the suspect’s defense attorney, Nikolaos Libantsis, told parapolitika.gr, the application is expected to be filed by the end of this week or, at the latest, at the beginning of next week. “We will file it by the end of the week or the start of the next — as soon as we are ready,” he stated.
Double murder in Aigio: Signed reports from technical consultants still pending
According to Mr. Libantsis, what remains is for the defense’s technical consultants to finalize and deliver their signed reports. “We are waiting for the reports from our technical consultants,” he said, explaining that the process involves an exceptionally thorough re-examination and assessment of the available material.
As part of this process, the technical consultants are reviewing the available scientific data and the results of laboratory analyses in order to reach their own independent conclusions.
The report by technical consultant Giorgos Fitsiаlos is expected to be particularly extensive — Mr. Libantsis noted that, given its volume and level of detail, it could rival a book in length.
According to the defense attorney, the technical assessment is expected to examine, on the basis of scientific evidence, to what degree the findings are consistent with the version presented by the defense and to what degree they support the version on which the police investigation was built. In any case, the technical consultants’ reports are expected to be used by the defense as part of the release application.
The findings keeping the Aigio mystery open
This defense move comes in a case where laboratory and forensic data have raised a series of questions about the precise sequence of events on the morning of June 9th.
That morning, 54-year-old Maria and her 26-year-old son, Olympios, were found dead inside a house in Longos, Aigio. The young man had sustained stab wounds and a gunshot wound to the head, while his mother was found a few meters away with multiple stab wounds.
Also present in the property was the 65-year-old Italian man, the woman’s partner, who was arrested and subsequently placed in pretrial detention. He has denied any involvement in the two deaths from the very beginning. During the forensic investigation of the case, however, findings emerged that complicated the picture even further.
According to information available to date, no fingerprints belonging to the 65-year-old were found on the knife, while genetic material from both the 54-year-old woman and her 26-year-old son was reportedly found on the firearm. Furthermore, no gunshot residue was reportedly found on the Italian man’s hands, whereas corresponding traces were found on the hands of both the mother and her son. These specific findings are not sufficient on their own to determine who fired the weapon, as each piece of laboratory evidence must be assessed in conjunction with the totality of the evidence and the conditions of the crime scene.
The gunshot wound and the sequence of events
A critical piece of the puzzle is also the precise order in which the wounds were inflicted on the 26-year-old.
According to information that has come to light, the stab wounds were ante-mortem, while the gunshot wound to the head was reportedly inflicted after the young man had already died.
At the same time, the wounds sustained by the 54-year-old woman are also under evaluation. Reports indicate that there is no wound to her back, as had initially been reported, while superficial wounds had been found on her wrists. The nature of the wounds, the chronological order in which they were inflicted, the laboratory findings, and the positions of the two bodies are all pieces of a complex reconstruction of the final moments inside the property.
The 65-year-old Italian insists on his innocence
The 65-year-old Italian man, who is being held at Korydallos Prison, continues to maintain that he had no involvement in the two deaths. Speaking recently on ANT1, he reiterated the version he has put forward since the beginning of the case. “I am innocent. I cannot grieve. I want this case to be over. I have nothing more to say beyond what I have been saying from the very first moment. Maria, being in a very bad psychological state, shot Olympios and then took her own life,” he claimed.
