A missing boy's body was found having been partially eaten by wild animals, but police are unclear on how he died. Four-year-old Gioele Mondello's corpse had decomposed so much his head was almost a skull, after he was found just 16 days after vanishing with his mum.
Their disappearance had gripped Italy all month. Investigators are probing whether Viviana Parisi - whose body was so "unrecognisable" she had to be identified by her wedding ring - and her son were killed in a murder-suicide, attacked or suffered a terrible accident.
Police are also looking into the possibility the boy was sexually assaulted. Their remains were found five days apart near a coastal motorway in Sicily, Italy, having headed out on an apparent shopping trip on
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