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Autopsy Details Brutal Killing of Federica Torzullo as Husband Faces First Charge Under New Femicide Law

Prosecutors are invoking Italy’s new autonomous femicide law in what they indicate is its first use.

Overview

  • Medical examiners report 23 stab wounds, burns, a left leg amputated and chest crushing consistent with an excavator bucket, with four wounds showing defensive attempts.
  • Prosecutors in Civitavecchia have formally accused Claudio Carlomagno of femicide under article 577-bis and of concealing a body, a charge that carries a potential life sentence.
  • Carlomagno is held in Civitavecchia prison and has exercised his right to remain silent, with the detention hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
  • Investigators say he used his wife’s phone to text her mother after the killing, then buried the body on company land using a bobcat, while the weapon and the victim’s phone remain missing and premeditation and possible complicity are being assessed.
  • Authorities note the couple’s separation and the husband’s recent knowledge of a new partner as possible motive lines, and the suspect’s mother, a local security assessor, has resigned.