A 30-year-old Italian bodybuilder has confessed to killing his parents after he was asked to get out of bed and take the dog for a walk, according to reports.
Benno Neumair admitted to police that he killed his mother, Laura Perselli, 63, and father, Peter Neumair, 68, in the northern northern city of Bolzano, the agency reported. Italian news Ansa.
The cute son claimed his father accused him of “being a failure” during a row, according to the Daily Star.
According to the media, the former Neumair accused Benno, who had fallen asleep after playing on his computer, of not doing his share of household chores, including walking the dog.
He allegedly strangled his father for “shutting him up.”
“I grabbed the first climbing rope I found from the plastic tray 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 hard “, he continued, according to the report.
Benno said that when her mother returned home shortly after, he strangled her with the same rope.
“I did it without even saying goodbye,” he told investigators.
He then allegedly threw his parents’ bodies from a bridge over the Adige River.
Perselli’s body recovered with signs of strangulation. The father’s body was not found.
Prosecutors have requested a psychiatric test for Neumair, who was arrested Jan. 29, about three weeks after his parents disappeared, according to Ansa.
He is being held on charges of murder and concealment of the body.