Overview
- The defendant, 35-year-old Daniele Re, told the Corte d'Assise in Como on Wednesday that he was guilty of killing his partner Ramona Rinaldi and offered apologies to her family.
- Re is formally charged with voluntary homicide and related counts including personal injury and repeated domestic mistreatment that investigators say show a pattern of abuse.
- Prosecutor Antonia Pavan requested a supplemental psychiatric examination after the confession and the court granted the request, scheduling the next hearing for December 2, 2026.
- Investigators previously found forensic anomalies that raised suspicion the death was staged as a suicide, including a running washing machine with the victim’s nightgown and autopsy timing that conflicted with Re’s earlier account.
- The victim, Ramona Rinaldi, was found dead in Veniano on February 21, 2025, and she was the mother of a six-year-old child whose family has been directly affected by the case and the trial’s developments.