Overview

• Both suspects have confessed to prosecutors that they drugged and dismembered Venier with an axe before attempting to conceal his remains in quicklime and a rubbish bin.
• Local authorities have begun a forensic post-mortem on the victim’s body and are preparing formal charges expected in the coming days.
• The couple’s six-month-old daughter has been placed in social services care as the Gemona del Friuli community rallies around her welfare.
• Investigators have yet to determine a motive for the killing, leaving a central question unresolved in the ongoing inquiry.
• Mayor Roberto Revelant described the crime as unprecedented and heart-wrenching in the tight-knit town