Killed and disappeared as in the most classic of Lupara Bianca cases. And now, 9 years later, light is shed on the murder of Raffaele Carolei.
This morning, in fact, the Carabinieri of the Torre Annunziata Investigative Unit executed a precautionary custody order issued by the GIP office of the Court of Naples at the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Naples - District Anti-Mafia Directorate - against Gaetano Vitale (born in 1977), and Giovanni Savarese (born in 1973) - the latter already detained for other custodial titles - seriously suspected of being the perpetrators, in competition, of a brutal Camorra murder.
Today's provision is the result of a complex investigation coordinated by the Naples Public Prosecutor's Office - DDA, relating to the disappearance of Raffaele Carolei, reported by his family to the Carabinieri of Castellammare di Stabia on 10 September 2012.
lured into a trap at the Rapicano house
The investigations have established that, on the same day of the disappearance, through a ruse devised by Pasquale Rapicano and Gaetano Vitale, the victim was lured to Catello Rapicano's home, under the pretext of being able to discuss criminal business related to drug trafficking more freely. Having entered the apartment, Carolei was made to sit at the kitchen table, where in a moment of distraction he was grabbed from behind by Catello Rapicano who, blocking his movements, allowed Giovanni Savarese to place a rope around his neck, pulled at the ends respectively by the latter and by Pasquale Rapicano, while Gaetano Vitale blocked his hands to prevent him from being able to free himself.
THE BODY DISAPPEARED IN THE SCHITO AREA
Once killed, the man's body was bagged and loaded onto a motor vehicle, with which Gaetano Vitale took care of transporting it, escorted onto the road by Pasquale Rapicano who preceded him on a scooter, to a property in the Via Schito area, and left at the disposal of Pasquale Vuolo, who independently disposed of it without allowing it to be found again.
Giovanni Battista Panariello, a minor at the time, also made an important contribution to the murder. He acted as a lookout near Catello Rapicano's house, monitoring the road for any dangerous situations that could undermine the killing action.
The murder of Raffaele Carolei was carried out in execution of an order issued by the leaders of the D'Alessandro clan, against all those who, previously affiliated with the opposing Omobono-Scarpa group, had participated in the murder of Giuseppe Verdoliva, driver and person of extreme trust of the deceased clan leader Michele D'alessandro.
Article published on March 10, 2021 - 08pm
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