Chiara Petrolini, 22, was
arrested after DNA tests allegedly confirmed she was the mother of one of the
infants, a boy, found buried in her garden.
Petrolini, who lived with her
parents, was described as a "model university student" and was
holidaying in New York when the grim discovery was made by authorities. The
investigation into the garden in the quiet commune of Vignale di Traversetolo
near Parmer in Italy began last month, August, when Petrolini's grandmother's
dog unearthed a body.
The baby had been buried alive,
as indicated by "soil found in the lungs" according to a leaked
autopsy report.
Last week, a second body was
discovered, but no details about that infant's de@th have been disclosed yet.
The autopsy of the first baby
revealed that the father was Petrolini's 22 year old boyfriend, named locally
as Emanuele.
Unconfirmed reports suggest
that the second body was found after Petrolini confessed to the police.
She is currently in custody on
suspicion of infanticide and has reportedly claimed that she acted alone
without anyone else's knowledge.
Petrolini, a law student, is
believed to have concealed her pregnancy before inducing labour on 7 August and
giving birth alone at home in her bathroom.
Shortly after the birth, she
allegedly k!lled the baby and hid him in her back garden.
Two days later, she left for a
pre-planned holiday to the US with her parents, the Mirror US reports.
The day she left was when her
grandmother's dog unearthed the body, which was wrapped in a sheet and hidden
in a hole in the garden, according to Italian media.
Initially, the grandmother
thought the body was an animal's and called a neighbour for help.
The neighbour made the
horrifying discovery that it was actually an infant and promptly alerted the
police.
While investigating Petrolini's
phone and internet history, the police made the second horrific discovery of
another body.
According to Italian newspaper
La Repubblica, she allegedly searched online for ways to terminate "a
second child".
Her boyfriend and friends
claimed they hadn't noticed anything unusual about her and were unaware of her
pregnancy.
"I didn't know anything, I
can't believe it," her boyfriend told the Italian press.
He expressed that if he had
known about the pregnancy, he could have cared for the child.
"I would have wanted that
child, I could have kept him by myself. I'm 22, but I work and my mother would
have helped me," he said.
Local media reported that
Petrolini hid her pregnancy by eating very little for months to keep her slim
figure, even at full term. A friend reportedly said that when Petrolini left
for holiday, she exhibited "a calm that now scares me."
"I'm shocked, I had to go
over everything step-by-step because I was questioned by the police," the
unnamed friend said. "I can't get over it, it's as if the world had turned
upside down in front of me."
Parma's local prosecutor has
revealed, in a chilling statement, that an investigation kicked off following
the gruesome discovery of two bodies, pegging Petrolini as the sole suspect.
The prosecutor's words painted
a grim picture, noting: “As far as we can establish the pregnancies were in
secret and without the knowledge of the family or the father of the first child
or friends. It would also appear that no medical facility or doctor was aware
of the pregnancies but investigations continuing.”
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