New details have emerged in the double homicide case in Loggos, Aigio — a coastal village in western Greece — where a 54-year-old woman and her 26-year-old son, Olympios, were killed. The case continues to raise serious questions, particularly as the 65-year-old Italian partner of the victim, who has been remanded in custody, maintains he has no involvement in the crime.
He was the only person present inside the home at the time of the killings, yet claims he was asleep in the living room and heard or noticed nothing. Forensic investigators have so far found no trace of his DNA on either the knife or the firearm used in the attack.
A Key Witness
A pivotal development came with the testimony of Olympios’s partner, who recently returned to Greece from abroad and spoke publicly for the first time about what he had confided in her in the days before his death. According to her account, Olympios had cut short his stay in Germany and returned to Greece out of deep concern for his mother’s deteriorating mental state following a medical procedure.
“Olympios went to Thessaloniki in April to collect his university degree,” she said. “He told me his mother had called him, shouting on the phone. I tried to calm him down. He said he didn’t know what to do — ever since her surgery, she’d become completely different.”
Two weeks before his final return to Greece, she asked how his mother was doing. He replied that he hadn’t spoken to her again, still unsettled by the way she had spoken to him during their last conversation.
Seeking Professional Help
The couple had actively sought psychiatric support for Olympios’s mother, both believing she needed urgent mental health intervention. Initially, they searched online for a psychologist, but eventually consulted a psychiatrist instead.
“We looked up psychologists online and informed Markos — her Italian partner — that we were seeking professional help,” she explained. “They first scheduled an appointment with a male psychologist, but never attended. Later, Olympios told me a psychologist he contacted advised him to see a psychiatrist. Eventually, he found a female psychiatrist — and I believe they did meet with her.”
Escalating Concerns
She also revealed that Olympios had discovered his mother was secretly drinking alcohol — finding a bottle hidden in the house on Thursday, 4 June. What alarmed him further was that Markos had reportedly admitted to having witnessed similar incidents before, including catching her drinking early in the morning and, on one occasion, holding a knife.
Despite these revelations, Greek police continue to regard the 65-year-old Italian man as the primary suspect. His version of events — that the 54-year-old woman killed her son and then took her own life — remains unsupported by forensic or medical evidence gathered so far.