Overview
- Daniela Zinnanti, 50, was found fatally stabbed in her Messina apartment with the suspected knife recovered near a garbage container close by.
- Santino Bonfiglio, 67, the victim’s former partner, was detained by police, questioned, and according to investigators confessed before being taken to prison.
- Authorities state Bonfiglio was under house arrest for violence and threats without an electronic monitoring tag because the device was not available.
- Investigators report he left his residence before the attack, and police are reconstructing the timeline and reviewing prior complaints.
- The victim’s daughter discovered the body and was hospitalized while seven months pregnant, and the case drew parliamentary attention with a minute of silence in the Chamber.