He kills his children and commits suicide, on a note the premeditation: I want them cremated

Not parting words or apologies, but instructions on what to do with your body. This contained the note that Alessandro Pontin left before committing suicide and that of his thirteen and fifteen-year-old children in the house where they spent a few days with him. “I want to be cremated, scatter my ashes.” Some lines, dry, to give directions to those who remain. A gesture made after making a decision that has inexorably changed the lives of many people and that could attest to a premeditated will. The double crime occurred in Weekend in Trebaseleghe, a city of a few tens of thousands of inhabitants in the Padua area, where Pontin lived and worked as a carpenter. According to police findings, which show bloodstains on the door, the boys tried to escape. Awakened in the middle of the night by the cold blade of a knife, they tried to escape, but he caught up with them and killed them with a few stabs to the throat. Then the same was done.

With his ex-wife, Roberta Calzarotto, separated for five years, Alessandro Pontin had problems with the payment of alimony. He had been reported by his wife in May, because he did not pay the alimony sanctioned by the divorce. It arises in these hours from the press statements of Claudio Calzarotto, Roberta’s brother. The 49-year-old paid about 100 euros a month, a figure considered insufficient and for which a small increase was requested – and refused. The man, who was a carpenter, had had some labor difficulties. However, in August he had managed to settle the outstanding account with his wife and for this reason she had withdrawn the lawsuit. The woman is currently hospitalized due to the shock she suffered at the announcement of the loss of both children at the hands of her husband.

Also involved in the tragic story is the new companion of the Pontin who last night published a post in which she asks, citing the Gospel, not to be judged. “I have loved a man for six months and he will never return home. His gesture was devastating: to kill his children and himself. What can judgments give? I am guilty of love. Peace to all. I leave trials.” to you wise men. Thanks to all those who are close to me. “The Trebaseleghe community has raised mourning flags. Mayor Antonella Zoggia asked the citizens to place a lamp in the windows of the houses, as a sign of prayer and meditation for the two boys.