Overview
- He vanished on Thursday evening after scaling the perimeter wall of the Castelfranco Emilia casa-lavoro, where he had been placed in September for a six‑month security measure as judges deemed him socially dangerous.
- Surveillance video captures him lowering himself outside the facility with a makeshift line, and prison police union officials say the rope was fashioned by joining electrical wires.
- Carabinieri and prison police have activated searches nationwide with priority checks in the Varesotto area around Cadrezzate and in Sardinia, where he had lived after release.
- Del Grande, 49, was convicted for the 1998 triple murder of his parents and brother in Cadrezzate and had completed 25 years of a reduced 30‑year sentence before the supervisory court ordered supervised placement.
- Police are questioning witnesses and assessing potential assistance, including the possible involvement of a companion who visited recently and was linked to a foiled 2015 escape plan, while union leaders criticize staffing and security at the facility.