Murder of Lorys Stival
| Murder of Lorys Stival | |
|---|---|
| Location | Santa Croce Camerina, Sicily, Italy |
| Date | 29 November 2014 8:30 am approx. – 9:30 am approx. |
Attack type | Strangulation |
| Weapon | Cable tie |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Victim | Lorys Andrea Stival |
| Perpetrator | Veronica Panarello |
| Motive | Outburst of anger due to the victim's refusal to go to school |
| Convictions | murder and concealment |
The murder of Lorys Stival, also known as the Delitto di Santa Croce Camerina (English: Santa Croce Camerina crime) is a case of homicide that occurred on 29 November 2014 in Santa Croce Camerina, in the province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy. The case involved an eight-year-old boy, Lorys Andrea Stival.
The perpetrator of the murder and the concealment of the body was found to be the child's mother, Veronica Panarello, who initially declared herself innocent and later involved in the crime, reporting several versions of how it had occurred. Veronica Panarello was definitively sentenced to thirty years in prison for the murder of her son.