Overview
- Elia Del Grande, 49, left the Castelfranco Emilia casa-lavoro on the evening of October 30 after scaling the perimeter wall.
- Prison police union Sappe said he descended using a makeshift rope fashioned from electrical wires.
- Carabinieri and prison police have widened searches nationwide with focus on the Varesotto area and parts of Sardinia.
- Courts had deemed him socially dangerous and ordered a six-month placement starting in September after reports of thefts and harassment post-release.
- Initially sentenced to life for the 1998 Cadrezzate triple homicide, his term was reduced to 30 years on appeal due to partial mental incapacity, and he served about 25 years.