Overview
- Nicola Granieri, 73, was found dead Thursday in his Trieste home by a friend who had keys after failing to reach him.
- An autopsy reported Saturday recorded a fatal gunshot to the temple, confirming the killing as a shooting.
- The apartment was turned over, with a very large sum of cash, about 30 Rolex watches, and a partly emptied safe deposit box documented at the scene.
- The Squadra Mobile, coordinated by the Trieste prosecutor’s office, is reviewing public and private surveillance and images from the home’s alarm-linked cameras while interviewing neighbors and relatives.
- Robbery is a key line of inquiry, some items are missing yet many valuables remained, and no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been disclosed as acquaintances suggest the assailant may have known him.