Murder of Lorys Stival

Murder of Lorys Stival
LocationSanta Croce Camerina, Sicily, Italy
Date29 November 2014
8:30 am approx. – 9:30 am approx.
Attack type
Strangulation
WeaponCable tie
Deaths1
VictimLorys Andrea Stival
PerpetratorVeronica Panarello
MotiveOutburst of anger due to the victim's refusal to go to school
Convictionsmurder 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.