Overview
- Jéssica Stappazzollo, 33, was fatally stabbed 27 times in Castelnuovo del Garda, according to Italian reports.
- Suspect Douglas Reis Pedroso, 41, confessed to police and directed them to her body, and he is now held at Montorio prison.
- A court had ordered him to stay 500 meters away and wear an electronic ankle monitor, which he removed on the day of the killing.
- Police are examining a possible connection between the homicide and an armed, masked robbery at the supermarket where she worked about a week later.
- The funeral has not been scheduled pending authorization, the community has posted donation details, and the family plans to repatriate the body to Brazil at an estimated cost of about R$ 60,000.