Man from Oțelu Roșu killed his stepson and seriously wounded his wife in Caraș-Severin
A 21-year-old man was fatally stabbed in his sleep and his adoptive mother was admitted to intensive care following a knife attack in Oțelu Roșu.
Murder in Caraș-Severin: stepson killed in sleep, mother seriously wounded
A man from Oțelu Roșu, Caraș-Severin county, attacked his 21-year-old adoptive son and 48-year-old wife with a knife during the night of Sunday to Monday, according to Stirile ProTV. The young man died from his serious injuries, and the woman is hospitalised in intensive care.
In the middle of the night, the woman called 112 desperately. When rescue teams arrived at the house in Oțelu Roșu, the 21-year-old son had already died. The chief physician of the surgery department at Caransebeș Hospital, Cătălin Grecea, confirmed the woman's serious condition: "There are stab wounds, multiple injuries to the chest. She is intubated."
The young man was the biological son of the woman's sister, adopted by the victim when the child was 14 years old. The attacker's brother, Petru Marian Caimacan, stated that he intervened during the assault: "They were arguing, I went over and separated them because he was all over her." Later, the attacker attempted to take his own life.
Investigators are trying to establish a motive for the attack, given that no previous conflicts had been reported between the two spouses. Neighbours point to extreme jealousy on the suspect's part towards his wife, who had worked in Germany, and his lack of employment. "He fell into such a depression because he had no work, but at the same time I heard that he was very jealous of his wife because she went to Germany to work and he wouldn't let her go anymore," a neighbour said.
Psychologist Liliana Popescu explained that the young man's intervention to defend his mother could have triggered the violent reaction: "At the moment when the young man intervenes to defend his mother, then a sense of rivalry can appear on the father's part that could make him resort to such an extreme act."
Prosecutors have accused the suspect of murder and attempted murder for the killing of the young man and the serious wounding of his wife.
Source: Stirile ProTV