Overview
- Carabinieri from the Varese and Modena provincial commands, supported by the ROS in Milan, arrested Del Grande on the evening of November 12 inside a residence in Cadrezzate, his hometown where he still holds property.
- He fled the Castelfranco Emilia casa‑lavoro on October 30 after repeated breaches of court‑ordered supervision, having previously served most of a definitive 30‑year sentence for killing his parents and brother in 1998.
- Authorities cite prolonged intelligence‑led work to locate him, with local alerts and reported phone tracing contributing to a rapid arrest, after which he was taken to the Varese Carabinieri station.
- Investigators are verifying whether he had accomplices during the escape or subsequent period on the run and are reconstructing his movements before the capture.
- During the fugitive period, Del Grande sent a letter and made a phone call to media outlets criticizing casa‑lavoro facilities as inadequate and likening them to former judicial psychiatric hospitals.