Willy Monteiro Duarte, the father: “Another birthday without him”

“Yesterday was Willy’s birthday, who would have turned 23, but for the second consecutive year we find ourselves not celebrating it together, because he is no longer there”. They are the words Armando Monteiro, Willy’s dad, collected by the agency Adnkronos, last January 20, the day in which Willy MonteiroDuarte, beaten to death in Colleferro on the night of 6 September 2020, he would have turned 23.

Many messages arrived to the family and shared on social networks to celebrate Willy and remember him once again. “But the wound is open,” Armando Monteiro repeats as he says that in a few months Willy’s younger sister will become a mother. “Wait a girl. I will become a grandfather. A good news that helps a little, of course, even if what happened is not forgotten. It was all too hard. “

To remember Willy, to whom Vanity Fair dedicated a cover making an entire issue against hatred, the Lazio Region presented various initiatives to combat violence but also various funds for the environmental redevelopment project and enhancement of the urban decor of the Angelo Vassallo garden adjacent to the place of the killing in Colleferro.

Don’t hate, the cover of Vanity Fair

The initiative is also supported by AS Roma, of which Willy was a great fan, already involved for many years in schools to combat bullying and from Street Artist Weather, testimonial of the project, which will donate a work dedicated to Willy to the municipality of Colleferro.

Colleferro a year later: on their skin

Meanwhile, the process that began last June continues. «My wife is able to go more often than me due to the greater availability for work. And no, I didn’t expect so much attention, these awards. They make me happy, but only to prevent what happened to Willy from affecting others. ‘ For the death of Willy, killed by a ferocious violence, confirmed by the autopsy carried out on his body, the brothers Mario and Gabriele Bianchi and Mario Pincarelli in prison and Francesco Belleggia under house arrest are accused.

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-I collect a year later: on their skin

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