Overview
- Emergency crews recovered Forzieri’s body floating near a pier in the Es Botafoc port area of Ibiza at about 4:30 a.m. on Monday, July 20.
- Officials say a preliminary reconstruction points to drowning but the formal cause of death remains undetermined pending the ordered autopsy and technical examinations.
- Forzieri had traveled to Ibiza in May to work the summer season as a waiter at the Rigatoni restaurant while also pursuing DJing as a hobby.
- His family, who live in San Benedetto del Tronto and are originally from Lucera, have contacted the Farnesina and started a public fundraiser to cover the high costs of repatriating his body.
- Friends and relatives have posted messages of shock and grief on social media while investigators complete forensic tests and the family awaits further official updates.