Overview
- Luca Spada, a 27-year-old Red Cross driver, is under investigation for alleged premeditated homicide linked to at least five elderly patients who died after transports during his shifts, and he remains free but suspended.
- The case file cites deaths on 24 February, 8 July, 12 September, 13 October and 25 November 2025, with prosecutors now examining three additional deaths beyond the initial five.
- An autopsy has been ordered on the 85-year-old who died on 25 November, and investigators are evaluating the exhumation of four earlier bodies to conduct medico-legal testing.
- Probes include ambulance camera footage that investigators say showed suspicious behavior, with the inquiry coordinated by the Forlì prosecutor’s office alongside Carabinieri and NAS.
- Frequent contacts between Spada and a Meldola funeral director are being scrutinized, with the agency denying any work relationship as unverified claims of referral payments circulate, and families of the 25 November and 13 October decedents have engaged or are considering legal steps.