Overview

• A Pavia judge charged four suspects with kidnapping, abandonment of an incapable person, exploitation of mental infirmity and aggravated fraud under a precautionary measure barring them from contacting or approaching the victim.
• The man endured around 1,460 days of captivity in his Vigevano home, which was surrounded by barbed wire and lacked hot water, heating and sufficient food.
• Neighbor complaints about objects thrown into a nearby courtyard led police to intervene in November, finding the victim in a state of neglect and confusion.
• Authorities determined the 40-year-old suffered from a mental infirmity that left him unable to care for himself and vulnerable to prolonged abuse.
• Investigators from the Squadra Mobile di Pavia and the Procura di Pavia uncovered a scheme that drained over €500,000 from the victim’s estate and continue to examine its full extent.