Overview
- Prosecutors in Civitavecchia have opened a homicide/femicide inquiry into the disappearance of Federica Torzullo, placing her husband Claudio Carlomagno under investigation and seizing his car, phone and the couple’s home as searches extend to Lake Bracciano and sites tied to his excavation firm.
- Video reviewed by investigators shows the 41-year-old entering the Anguillara Sabazia house late on January 8 with no recorded exit, as detectives examine inconsistencies in her husband’s account and note impending separation and child-custody proceedings.
- Neighbors report recent public arguments and workers cite the husband’s unusual late arrival at his company on January 9, while forensic teams return to the property for luminol checks and additional evidence collection.
- In the Ferrara area, a 14-year-old who says she was brought to Italy and “sold” last November escaped alleged beatings and is hospitalized; a 25-year-old man has been arrested on charges of ill-treatment and injuries and is under investigation for sexual acts with a minor, with prosecutors seeking pretrial custody.
- Courts are drawing scrutiny for case handling, as a Ventimiglia judge classified a severe assault as attempted homicide rather than attempted femicide, a Brescia case was requalified to sexual acts with a minor resulting in a five-year sentence, a Teramo defendant was acquitted of sexual assault, and a separate Muggiò stabbing is being probed as attempted murder.