The 50-year-old man who murdered his elderly mother in the apartment where they lived in the Neapolis area of Thessaloniki is still being treated at the psychiatric hospital of Thessaloniki.
The confessed perpetrator of the brutal crime revealed at noon on Tuesday, after being identified and arrested by police, then revealed that he is the killer of his mother. However, according to reports, he claimed that he remembered absolutely nothing of the crime he committed and subsequently requested through prosecutorial intervention that he be committed to the Thessaloniki Psychiatric Hospital. As he told the authorities, he does not remember when or why he committed the heinous crime.
"Almost decapitated" his mother
The unfortunate 79-year-old woman was found dead by her second son when he visited her apartment at 47 Alexandrou Biniori Street and found her lifeless body in a "pool" of blood in their bathtub. As described to protothema.gr neighbors of the family, they saw the 53-year-old at 4 in the afternoon coming out of the entrance of the apartment building pale and in shock and waiting for the arrival of police forces.
As the first examination conducted by the coroner called to the scene revealed, the unfortunate elderly woman was murdered in a fit of rage about five days before she was discovered by her 53-year-old son and the body was in advanced decomposition.
According to exclusive information from protothema.gr, the rage of the confessed perpetrator against his mother was so great that there was "almost a decapitation", as determined by the autopsy. In addition, the elderly woman suffered other blows from a nisson organ, superficial and others deeper in the neck, but which were not capable of causing death immediately.
"The cause of death is the methemorrhagic shock, as a result of traumatic transection of the cutting organ of the neck, with almost complete transection," explained to protothema.gr the experienced coroner, Minas Georgiadis, who conducted the autopsy on the body of the 79-year-old woman.
"Polyxeni took care of her son"
"Grandmother Polyxeni took care of her son"
"Grandmother Polyxeni took care of her son. I knew that her child had psychological problems, that he was on some medication and that his mother was supporting him. I've known them since 2013 when I lived in the neighborhood, I saw Polyxeni's other son who would come over from time to time, not knowing if they had any extra relationships. On Saturday I saw her at the farmers market, but I had no way of knowing what was going on. Her son was distant, had no company, sat in his room all day, smoked and had no social life," said a man who lived next door to the elderly woman, adding that he had not heard any noise or strange noises in recent days.
"He was telling her to get out of here and swearing at her, but she didn't speak."
Several people in the Neapolis neighborhood in Thessaloniki had heard the 50-year-old man, who was having psychological problems, yelling at his 79-year-old mother, but could not imagine the tragic outcome.
As they describe it, the elderly woman's son was a quiet man, a loner, who had never created an incident with people in the neighbourhood, except that they sometimes heard him shouting at his mother, with her remaining silent.
They also say that in recent days they had not noticed any incident and the first-floor house, where they had lived for the last 15 years, was calm. What worried them was the fact that the elderly woman had not been out on the balcony for the last - at least two days, as she used to do, nor had the apartment's blinds been "raised".
At least two people who knew the elderly woman told protothema.gr that the last time they saw her was on Saturday, July 2, when she went out to do some shopping at the local market. As they said, the unfortunate 89-year-old after greeting them and exchanged a few words, she continued on her way carrying the groceries, without mentioning anything to worry them.
Revealing was the testimony of a woman, who lives in an apartment on the third floor of the apartment building, knew the elderly woman and her son and knew about the psychological problems faced by the 50-year-old.
Mrs Sophia said that on Tuesday afternoon, until late in the evening, she saw the police mobilisation, was worried, but when she approached the officers to ask them what happened, they asked her to move away. "By 11.30 p.m. there was a flurry of police activity. I hadn't seen Polyxena since the end of the month and then she told me about my cousin who didn't come to collect her rent. The woman lived with her son. I would see him somewhere screaming and yelling, while she was a very quiet woman. She didn't tell me she was scared, we knew her son was having psychological problems," said a neighbor of the elderly woman."[/P HE WAS PALE AND IN SHOCK. WE OFTEN HEARD FIGHTING AND SHOUTING FROM THE SON TO THE MOTHER. HE WAS TELLING HER TO GET OUT OF HERE AND SWEARING AT HER, BUT SHE WOULD NOT SPEAK," HE SAID."
"I saw her on Saturday when the woman was going to the market. As soon as the police arrived I said did the woman get eaten by her son? We knew the child had problems," said another neighbor of the elderly woman.
"The woman was too quiet and sat alone on the balcony many times. I never saw her son who lived with her, he never went out. I saw the shutters closed two days and I thought her other son came to pick her up. I was surprised because every day she went out on the balcony. We all went crazy and were very sad, they found out she was found dead in the bathtub. They had never given right for so many years," said a woman who lives in the apartment building across the street.
It is noted that a case was filed against the 50-year-old for manslaughter with intent and illegal use of weapons.
Source: Proto Thema
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