Overview

• Guardia Civil said preliminary autopsy findings indicate Luisa Asteggiano, 45, did not die from a violent event.
• Ivan Sauna, 51, who had been detained on suspicion of homicide, was released following the convalidation hearing.
• Authorities have excluded gender-based homicide for now and kept the inquiry open pending additional analyses.
• The body was found Sunday in Asteggiano’s apartment in Es Pujols, Formentera, where she had lived for years.
• Early media reports noted bruises and contusions and neighbors described a turbulent relationship, while the Italian consulate in Barcelona is assisting her family.