Overview
- The preliminary autopsy found signs of asphyxia and a circumferential neck lesion on the 74-year-old, injuries deemed compatible with strangulation pending final lab analyses.
- Prosecutors in Milan and the Squadra Mobile are pursuing a voluntary homicide case, with coordination by prosecutor Maria Cristina Ria and senior officers Alfonso Iadevaia and Francesco Giustolisi.
- Luminol testing at the via Zuretti studio revealed traces under review, and investigators have not identified cords or ligatures that would explain the neck injuries.
- Detectives are analyzing cameras in the area and the victim’s call records to determine contacts and movements around the time he was attacked.
- Robbery has been ruled out because the victim’s phone and cash were left in the studio, and he died shortly after his son found him in critical condition and called for help.