Overview

• Prosecutors in Milan formally detained 52-year-old Gianluca Soncin after the fatal stabbing of 29-year-old Pamela Genini in her apartment on via Iglesias in the Gorla district.
• The charging documents cite aggravated homicide with alleged premeditation and stalking under Article 612-bis, with 24 stab wounds recorded in the prosecutorial filing and additional aggravating factors of trivial motives and cruelty.
• Investigators say Soncin secretly made a duplicate key, entered the flat while Genini was on the phone with an ex, and used a large knife brought from outside.
• Genini texted her former boyfriend, “I’m scared—he made a copy of my keys. He’s inside. Call the police,” as neighbors called 112 after hearing her cries and witnessing the attack on the terrace.
• Soncin allegedly attempted suicide after the killing and is hospitalized at Niguarda; he was questioned in the hospital, largely remained silent, and the judge will decide on confirming the arrest and custody.