Overview
- Friends reported Loia missing after he went into the sea near the Sant'Agostino area of Tarquinia and did not return to shore.
- Firefighters, the Coast Guard and emergency medical teams conducted hours of search operations that used a jet ski and an helicopter.
- Rescuers located and recovered his body in the waters off Montalto di Castro in the evening at an estimated depth of about five metres.
- The deceased was identified as 52‑year‑old Silvano Loia, a long‑time procurement manager at Rai Way and the publicly known partner of actress Francesca Neri.
- Authorities have opened inquiries to reconstruct the circumstances of the death, with a medical episode in the water named as a working hypothesis and no definitive cause confirmed; the case has drawn heightened media attention because of his role at Rai Way.