A 30-year-old Italian bodybuilder reportedly admitted to killing his parents.
Benno Neumair admitted to police that he killed his mother, Laura Perselli (63), and father, Peter Neumair (68), in the northern city of Bolzano, reports the Italian news agency Ansa.
According to the Daily Star, the boy said his father accused him during a row of a failure.
Elder Neumair allegedly accused Benno, who fell asleep after playing on his computer, of not doing his part of the household chores, including walking the pooch, according to the news office.
He allegedly strangled his father to ‘keep him’.
“I took the first climbing rope I found out of the plastic bin of my tools,” Benno said according to police.
“We were in the hallway and fell to the ground together. I just remember that I pressed very tightly, “he continued according to the report.
Benno said that when his mother reinstated her at home shortly thereafter, he strangled her with the same rope.
“I did it without saying goodbye,” he apparently told investigators.
He then allegedly threw his parents’ bodies from a bridge in the Adige River.
Perselli’s body was recovered with signs of strangulation. The body of the father was not found.
Prosecutors, according to Ansa, requested a psychiatric test for Neumair, who was arrested on January 29.
He is being held on charges of murder and physical concealment.