{"id":77758,"date":"2025-04-07T21:56:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=77758"},"modified":"2025-04-07T21:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:56:41","slug":"i-helped-my-son-clean-the-blood-traces-mark-samsons-mother-confesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/i-helped-my-son-clean-the-blood-traces-mark-samsons-mother-confesses\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Helped My Son Clean the Blood Traces&#8221; \u2013 Mark Samson\u2019s Mother Confesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-176\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 px-6\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto flex flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem] group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-none\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn @xs\/thread:px-0 @sm\/thread:px-1.5 @md\/thread:px-4\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"168a0761-a685-437f-be20-8380a106ad8c\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"79\" data-end=\"303\">According to ANSA, the mother of 23-year-old Mark Antony Samson \u2014 who fatally stabbed Ilaria Sula \u2014 has confessed in a police interview lasting over three hours that she played an \u201cactive\u201d role in the aftermath of the crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"379\">\u201cI helped him clean the house, to wipe away all that blood,\u201d she admitted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"381\" data-end=\"650\">Nors Man Lapaz is now officially charged with aiding in the concealment of the body. In the arrest warrant, the investigating judge emphasized that Samson \u201cacted coldly and without remorse,\u201d stating that the young woman was \u201cbrutally attacked\u201d by someone she \u201ctrusted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"898\">As the 23-year-old himself admitted shortly after his arrest, his mother was at home at the time of the assault, when he killed Albanian student Ilaria Sula \u2014 with whom he had had a brief romantic relationship \u2014 stabbing her at least three times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"900\" data-end=\"1319\">This confession comes after mounting suspicions by investigators regarding the mother\u2019s involvement. Besides factual evidence, data from her mobile phone confirmed her presence at the crime scene. Investigators also believed it would have been unlikely for Samson to have managed everything alone, as he initially claimed during his nearly five-hour-long questioning at Regina Coeli prison, where he remains in custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1560\">Samson explained that he had done everything within just over three hours. He attacked Ilaria around 11:00 a.m. after seeing a message from another boy on her phone. He stabbed her in the neck with a kitchen knife, causing severe bleeding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1816\">It was then that the plan to remove all traces began, and at that point, the student&#8217;s mother stepped in. It remains unclear whether she also helped him place Ilaria\u2019s body into a suitcase after wrapping it in a plastic cover and putting it on a trolley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1818\" data-end=\"1972\">Mark reportedly dragged the suitcase with the 22-year-old\u2019s body to his car around 2:00 p.m., then drove to the Poli area, where he discarded the trolley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1974\" data-end=\"2162\">Currently, the conflicting accounts of mother and son are under review by prosecutors, who are charging Samson with premeditated murder. The father\u2019s role also remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2164\" data-end=\"2397\">\u201cThe parents are devastated, in disbelief, and still in shock. They are terrified and sincerely apologize for everything that has happened,\u201d said Paolo Foti, the lawyer representing the killer\u2019s mother, as he left the police station.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to ANSA, the mother of 23-year-old Mark Antony Samson \u2014 who fatally stabbed Ilaria Sula \u2014 has confessed in a police interview lasting over three hours that she played an \u201cactive\u201d role in the aftermath of the crime. \u201cI helped him clean the house, to wipe away all that blood,\u201d she admitted. 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