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Fugitive Convict Dies by Suicide After Milan Manhunt; Missing Colleague Found Dead

Emanuele De Maria, who stabbed a coworker and fled, ended his life at the Duomo, while the body of his missing coworker was discovered in Parco Nord.

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Overview

  • Emanuele De Maria, a 35-year-old inmate on work release, stabbed coworker Hani Fouad Abdelghaffar Nasra outside Hotel Berna on May 10, 2025, and fled the scene.
  • De Maria was serving a 14-year sentence for a 2016 femicide and had been employed at the hotel under a prison-to-work program.
  • Nasra remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery for multiple stab wounds, including one to the neck.
  • The body of Chamila Wijesuriyauna, a 50-year-old coworker who disappeared on May 9, was found in a pond in Parco Nord, with investigations ongoing into her cause of death.
  • De Maria died by suicide on May 11, jumping from the Duomo terraces, bringing the manhunt to a close as authorities piece together the sequence of events.