Sad end to a story that's gripped Italy for a week (UPDATE: Killer arrested)
Last edited Sun Nov 19, 2023, 09:04 AM - Edit history (4)
Since last Saturday, Italy has been glued to the disappearance of a young couple, Giulia Cecchetin and Filippo Turetta. The two disappeared last Saturday, with heavy hints that Mr. Turetta had attacked and hurt Ms. Cecchetin, his on-again, off-again girlfriend. A massive search has been going on across northern Italy for the two; Ms. Cecchetin was set to defend her (undergraduate) thesis this week, and did not appear for that, further suggesting foul play.
Unfortunately, her body has been found at the Lago di Barcis, a beautiful mountain lake about halfway between Venice and the Austrian border. Mr. Turetta has not been located, but there is now an all-Europe BOLO out for him, and a charge of homicide has been filed against him.
This has really been something like the Gabby Petito-Brian Laundry case for Italy, to some extent. I expect that Mr. Turetta may come to the same end.
For Italian speakers/readers:
La scomparsa di Giulia e Filippo
TWO UPDATES to this STORY
1) The boyfriend, Filippo Turetta, has been arrested in Germany after being stopped by police for a traffic infraction (it's also suggested he ran out of gas and was simply stopped in the emergency lane).
2) The police have revealed that this poor young woman was stabbed upwards of 20 times and thrown from the road into a ravine.
This caps off a year in which violence against women has become one of the top issues in Italy. The New York Times covered this a few months ago, focused on a number of shocking rape cases, but discusses the focus on femminicidio that's taken centr stage in Italian media and culture this year.
UPDATES (in Italian): https://www.rainews.it/maratona/2023/11/morte-giulia-cecchettin-filippo-turetta-arrestato-in-germania-217a8ae2-6f58-4f09-8f25-ba1c7a15b9dd.html
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