“This is why I did it”, Pierina Paganelli’s killer reveals the shocking motive behind the crazy gesture

The death of the elderly woman has kept all of Italy in suspense for months with an apparently non-existent motive.

It is always inexplicable, in general, the tragic end of an old lady who came at the hands of a ruthless murderer who acted ferociously against her. motive the madness that was unleashed against the 78-year-old woman, however, seems to have taken on clearer hues.

There revelation shocking overturns what was thought in the first hours after the horrendous event. The situation, in fact, has come to light with clarity and it is a disturbing truth. The peaceful town of Rimini, several months ago, was shaken by a tragedy. The death of the elderly woman kept all of Italy in suspense for months with a seemingly non-existent, senseless motive, if such a murder could ever make sense.

The Assassination of Pierina Paganellithe 78-year-old woman stabbed 29 times in the garage of her apartment building on the night of October 3, 2023, officially has a shocking motive. After a long and complex investigation, the police have captured the alleged killer. It was, in fact, Louis Dassilva, a 34-year-old Senegalese who lived in the same building as the victim.

The arrest took place at dawn on Monday 16 July 2024. On this day, the Rimini Flying Squad, led by Chief Commissioner Marco Masia, tracked down Dassilva who was reached by the precautionary custody order in prison for voluntary homicide aggravated several times.

Furthermore, the man was and remains the only suspect for this brutal crime. According to investigators, the motive would be a extramarital affair between Dassilva and Manuela Bianchi, daughter-in-law of Pierina Paganelli and wife of her son Giuliano. Manuela herself had discovered the lifeless body of her mother-in-law on the morning of October 4. The woman, shortly after, was questioned as a person informed of the facts and is expected for a new interview at the Police Headquarters.

Dassilva had been indicted because of some discrepancies in his alibi and from the images of a surveillance camera in via Ciclamino, exactly near the elderly woman’s apartment building. In the videos, a person with dark skin can be seen heading towards the entrance of number 31. This is also the only apartment building inhabited by a person with dark skin, namely Louis Dassilva.

In recent months, the Rimini Public Prosecutor’s Office has reconstructed the relationship between Dassilva and Manuela Bianchi thanks also to telephone and computer interceptions. The preliminary investigations judge has recognized the presence of the aggravating circumstances of futile motives and crueltyThe turning point came with a phone call that Manuela allegedly listened to secretly between her mother-in-law and her two children, Chiara and Giuliano Saponi.

During the call, Pierina allegedly accused Manuela Bianchi of having “finally found a man with money”. For the elderly Pierina, her son Giuliano would not have been able to have a happy life with Manuela who, as she declared, “has been sleeping on the couch for three years”. The woman did not consider Manuela her son’s wife, but only “a fake”.