Overview
- Carabinieri units from Varese and Modena located and detained Del Grande inside an apartment in Cadrezzate after an extended information-led search.
- Authorities say he fled the Castelfranco Emilia casa-lavoro at the end of October, with video showing him descending a wall on a makeshift rope.
- Del Grande is under a 30-year sentence for killing his parents and brother in Cadrezzate in 1998, a penalty reduced on appeal from life in prison with a finding of partial mental infirmity.
- He had served about 25 years and was assigned a six-month placement at the casa-lavoro as a supervised reintegration measure.
- Reports note he recently sent a message criticizing the casa-lavoro system before his capture in his hometown, where he still owns property.