Overview

• Authorities found the 47-year-old victim dead in her home, with initial findings indicating strangulation.
• Carabinieri arrested Christian Persico, 36, in the San Pietro area of Montecorvino Rovella after a citizen alerted them.
• Police say he did not resist at the time of arrest, and the search effort included checkpoints, video reviews and helicopter support.
• The Procura di Salerno is coordinating the investigation, with a magistrate and the medico legale working to confirm the precise cause of death.
• Investigators are treating the case as a suspected femicide, and local authorities have paused events with civic mourning planned; the victim leaves three children.