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.