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Parents Face Manslaughter Charges After Teen Kills Tourist with Statuette Thrown Off Balcony
Prosecutors say the couple failed to supervise their 13-year-old son, who is accused of throwing a 4.4-pound statuette that killed Chiara Jaconis.
- Prosecutors in Naples are seeking manslaughter charges against the parents of a 13-year-old boy who allegedly threw a 4.4lb onyx statuette from a balcony on September 15, 2024, fatally striking tourist Chiara Jaconis.
- Italian law prevents holding children under 14 criminally liable, so the juvenile court cleared the boy, prompting authorities to target his parents for allegedly failing to supervise him in the Spanish Quarter.
- Prosecutors argue the boy had a 'problematic' history of throwing items like 'clothes pegs, a remote control, and a tablet' from balconies, claiming proper supervision would have prevented the death of the 30-year-old Prada manager.
- The couple, professionals aged 65 and 54, deny all wrongdoing, asserting the statuette was not their property; lawyer Carlo Bianco claims they have 'no case to answer.'
- A preliminary hearing scheduled for June 26 will determine if the parents face trial, a development Chiara's father Gianfranco Jaconis called 'a step' in the right direction toward finding truth.
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Parents of boy, 13, who allegedly killed tourist Chiara Jaconis with statue he tossed from Italy balcony facing manslaughter charges
The parents of a 13-year-old boy who allegedly killed a Prada manager when he tossed a statuette off a building in Italy are facing manslaughter charges, according to a report. Italian prosecutors say the parents “should have supervised the boy,” which they claim would’ve avoided tourist Chiara Jaconis’ death in September 2024, Italian outlet Today...
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