Furnace murderer in Italy arrested
For a decade, Italy is haunted by a brutal murder: A 39-year-old man is accused of murdering his uncle and burning the body in an oven. When he was supposed to surrender, he fled. The authorities are searching for him in Europe.
Ten days after the search began across Europe, an Italian man was arrested who had murdered his uncle and burned the body in an oven. The 39-year-old was apprehended at his home in Soiano del Garda in northern Italy, according to the authorities. The details are still unclear. Before his arrest, investigators believed that the businessman had fled to Spain before his final sentencing, possibly even to the Cape Verde Islands.
The Italian man was also convicted by the Cassation Court in Rome on July 1, the final instance. Previously, two other courts had come to the same verdict, that he had murdered his uncle in an upper Italian commune in the family-owned foundry in October 2015. The 50-year-old businessman had arranged for an evening meal with his wife just a few minutes before his disappearance. Since then, there has been no trace of him.
Despite the two previous verdicts, the 39-year-old, who always maintained his innocence, remained at large. When the police came to arrest him after the confirmation of his conviction at his home on Lake Garda, he had disappeared, and there was no trace of him or his live-in partner and son. He has been sought with an international arrest warrant since then.
The live-in partner and son returned from France to Italy by train last Friday - without him. The woman claimed to have suffered a shock after the final verdict and lost her memory. Her phone was also lost.
- The international arrest warrant for the Italian man, accused of murder and manslaughter, was issued after he fled during the initial processes.
- The murder case, involving a 39-year-old man from Italy, has resulted in several international judgments due to his attempts to evade justice.
- Despite the international efforts, finding the guilty party in this case of murder and manslaughter, committed in Italy, remains a challenge as they continue to elude authorities.
