Overview
- Lee Gilley appeared in a Milan courtroom, where a judge ordered him jailed after calling him a high flight risk in a translated court record.
- Authorities say he cut off his GPS ankle monitor, traveled through Canada, and used fake Belgian documents to fly to Milan, then admitted his identity and requested asylum when border police challenged the papers.
- The Italian court is seeking clarity on whether Texas will pursue the death penalty, which can block extradition from Italy, and Harris County prosecutors have not said what punishment they would seek.
- Investigators in Houston served a search warrant at Gilley’s home and towed his Kia SUV, which prosecutors allege he bought the day his wife was found unresponsive without her knowledge.
- The case has delayed a trial planned for later this month and triggered a new fight over the couple’s children, as Christa Gilley’s parents asked a Harris County judge to pause shared custody with Gilley’s family.