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Katiuscia Favero
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- Published: Wednesday, 18 February 2015 18:25
The incident
On the morning of 17th November 2005 at about 9 o'clock Maria Patrizia Favero telephoned the Castiglione delle Stiviere closed psychiatric unit, where her daughter Katiuscia was an inpatient. She wanted to talk to the social worker because she needed some documents. Twice, she was told…
Marcello Lonzi
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- Published: Wednesday, 18 February 2015 18:17
The incident
Marcello Lonzi died on 11th July 2003 in Sughere prison, Livorno, aged 29. He had entered the prison on 3rd January to serve a 9-month sentence for attempted theft. The emergency medical service gave the time of death as 8:45 pm. The news leaked out the same evening and was already in…
Giovanni Lorusso
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- Published: Wednesday, 18 February 2015 18:13
The incident
Giovanni Lorusso died in prison in Palmi (Reggio Calabria, Italy) on 17th November 2009, after apparently committing suicide. He was of Apulian origin, spent his childhood and youth in Bari and Milan, had taken drugs from a very early age and was addicted to them. All Lorusso's problems…
Francesco Mastrogiovanni
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- Published: Wednesday, 18 February 2015 18:10
The incident
Francesco Mastrogiovanni, a 58-year-old primary school teacher, died on 4th August 2009 after being restrained for almost 90 hours in the psychiatric ward of the San Luca hospital in Vallo della Lucania.
On 31st July Mastrogiovanni was seized by a squad of Carabinieri police officers,…
