Casalnuovo di Napoli: 90-year-old abandoned by her carer, remains two days without food, the Carabinieri intervene

90 years old in May, the house is in order. In the fridge little or nothing, in the freezer some forgotten sausages. She is in a wheelchair, unable to walk.

The phone never rings, simply because there is no sign of any phones. No cell phones, no landlines.

She's alone. And she shouldn't be..

Her family had guaranteed her the assistance of a carer but the woman has been gone for almost 2 days. Perhaps she returned to her home country, in Eastern Europe. He did it without warning, without any apparent reason..

It was that woman who held the strings between the 90-year-old and her children. Some in neighboring towns, others hundreds of miles away.
He left her to herself, without a thread connecting her to the outside world..

To be alarmed by that silence one of the children. He lives in Lombardy and has not been able to reach his carer by phone for many hours.

The line seems detached, as if a call blocking. He thinks he has worried needlessly. He is sure that he will be contacted again shortly.

More hours pass and the fear that the mother may be in trouble becomes concrete. Call 112 and ask the police to intervene.

The soldiers from the Castello di Cisterna radiomobile section arrive just a few moments later. Nobody answers the intercom, even the neighbors don't seem to be at home.

A few minutes pass, then the click of the door opening. They go up 4 floors and reach the 90-year-old's apartment. She is the one who timidly opens the door. She is in a wheelchair, she has serious difficulty moving. She looks lost and hungry.

For two days - he tells - the carer has left. Since then he hasn't eaten a single bite.. He can't cook, he can't even reach the stove. And the fridge is crying. He's fine but his stomach is rumbling.

The carabinieri organize themselves, put some pans on to prepare a meal for the old lady but just before the blue flame envelops the pan, someone knocks on the door. It is one of the daughters.

The military makes sure that the elderly woman remains in company and cared for. They will leave only after asking if a trip to the supermarket was necessary..

Investigations will now begin to understand what happened and any responsibilities.