A 30-year-old Italian bodybuilder confessed to killing his parents – after being asked to get out of bed and take the dog for a walk, according to reports.
Benno Neumair has admitted to police that he killed his mother, Laura Perselli, 63, and his father, Peter Neumair, 68, in the northern city of Bolzano in January, Italian news agency Ansa reported. .
The amateur son claimed that his father accused him of “being a failure” during a row, according to the Daily Star.
Old Neumair allegedly accused Benno, who had fallen asleep after playing on his computer, of not doing his homework, including walking, according to the press.
He allegedly strangled his father to “shut him up.”
“I took the first climbing rope I found from the plastic tray of my tools,” Benno said, according to police.
“We were in the hallway and we fell to the ground together. I just remember that I squeezed very hard, “he continued, according to the report.
Benno said that when his mother returned home shortly after, he strangled her with the same rope.
“I did it without even saying goodbye,” he told investigators.
Then he dumped his parents’ bodies on a bridge in the Adige River.
Perselli’s body was recovered with signs of strangulation. The father’s body was not found.
Prosecutors requested a psychiatric test for Neumair, who was arrested on January 29, about three weeks after his parents disappeared, according to Ansa.
He is being held on charges of murder and concealment of the body.