Mother suspected in murder of eight-year-old child, up

(ANSA) - Ragusa, December 9 - Veronica Panarello was interrogated for eight hours ending early Tuesday morning by prosecutors in connection with the murder of her young son, sources said. Panarello was detained by police for more questioning in the death of Loris Stival, 8, on November 29. The child had been strangled and his body dumped in a canal. Sources said the mother is a suspect in the death of the boy, after several elements of her story of what happened the morning the child disappeared have been questioned. She denies the allegations, including a possible charge of concealing a corpse. "I did not kill my child," said Panarello.