He burned his uncle to death Italian furnace murderer caught on Lake Garda
After ten days of searching, the escape is over: a 39-year-old Italian man who burned his uncle to death in a furnace has been arrested - at home in Italy.
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- Italian police have caught a wanted murderer.
- The 39-year-old businessman had murdered his uncle and burned him in an oven.
- The Italian was also found guilty by the Court of Cassation in Rome on July 1.
- Despite the two previous verdicts, the 39-year-old, who always maintained his innocence, remained at large - and went into hiding.
After ten days of searching throughout Europe, an Italian man has been arrested for murdering his uncle and burning him in an oven. The 39-year-old was caught by police at his home in Soiano on Lake Garda in northern Italy, according to the authorities. The exact circumstances were initially unclear. It had recently been suspected that the businessman had fled to Spain, possibly even to the Cape Verde Islands, before he was finally sentenced to life imprisonment.
On July 1, the Italian was also found guilty by the Court of Cassation in Rome, the court of last instance. Previously, two other courts had already ruled that he murdered and then burned his uncle in the family-owned foundry in the northern Italian municipality in October 2015. The 50-year-old company boss had arranged to meet his wife for dinner just a few minutes earlier. Since then, there has been no trace of him.
Despite the two previous convictions, the 39-year-old, who always maintained his innocence, remained at large. When the police tried to pick him up at his home on Lake Garda, he had gone into hiding, along with his partner and son. Since then, he has been wanted on an international arrest warrant. His partner and son then returned to Italy by train from France on Friday - without him. The woman claimed to have lost her memory.