He confessed Salvatore Ferraiuolo. He admitted to killing his ex, Anna Scala because he couldn't stand her decision to leave him.
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He is accused of the murder of Anna Scala and has been arrested for premeditated murder. The 54-year-old was taken to Poggioreale prison to await the validation hearing before the investigating judge.
Intensive investigations carried out by the Carabinieri of the Sorrento Company and the Torre Annunziata Group, under the coordination of the Oplontina Prosecutor's Office. The autopsy on Anna Scala's body will probably be done tomorrow.
The victim, originally from Moiano, a hamlet of Vico Equense, not far from the place of the murder, was separate and had a daughter living in Gragnano. The relationship between the two had ended abruptly a few months ago. But he continued to harass her and especially to ask her for money.
He was violent: he had threatened her in recent weeks on the beach in Massa Lubrense when he was stopped and removed by some tourists. And even in that case the man was armed with a knife.
He had also threatened her mother who died last week, in the village it is said because of the displeasure of her daughter's situation. Anna Scala this morning had an appointment with a client in the public housing in via San Massimo in Piano di Sorrento in the hamlet Trinity.
After fixing the customer's hair, she got out and while she was putting her bag in the trunk of her white Citroen, she was attacked from behind by her former murderer who inflicted several stabs in the back which were fatal.
The woman's lifeless body, with wounds from several knife stabs, was lying in the trunk of her car parked in via San Massimo in Piano di Sorrento. A private parking area of an apartment building, dotted with flower beds.
On the ground, the carabinieri arrived after a report to 112 from a resident who had seen the body, and found a cap and a knife with a bloody bladeThe hat was used to partially cover the face of Anna's attacker, who, according to some witnesses, lost it during the attack. escape on a scooter, a dark-colored vehicle used to reach the crime scene.
The investigations have begun, with the findings of the military of the Arma, the arrival of the coroner and the prosecutor on duty, the acquisition of images from video surveillance cameras and the listening of residents in the area. Anna Scala, originally from nearby Vico Equense, had in the past reported his ex for stalking. A detail on which the investigators are focusing, who wanted to speak with the man and who, for this reason, immediately looked for him. The ex was traced to Hills of Fontanelle in Sant'Agnello, not far from the crime scene.
For Anna's family: a tragedy foretold. Last week her mother died, also under threat
A tragedy, according to those who knew the murdered woman, announced by the many episodes of violence she had been the victim of by the man she had long loved, despite the abuses she suffered.
The two had been separated for some time, after a cohabitation lasted 15 years, but Salvatore Ferraiuolo, the victim's ex-partner, manager of a fishmonger with his son from a previous marriage, after the end of their relationship he began to stalk Anna Scala, following her, inundating her with messages and calling her continuously.
All episodes that they had been reported by the victim a couple of months ago, but no precautionary measures had yet been taken to prohibit the man from approaching. The search for the suspect continued until late afternoon, when the investigators, after having tracked him down, stopped him in a peripheral area of the town on the Sorrento coast. After having listened to him, the Prosecutor's Office Ferraiuolo's arrest ordered.
In the complaint that Anna Scala had filed, she accused her partner of having mistreated her during the entire period of their previous relationship. An autopsy on the victim's body is scheduled for Friday, ordered by the deputy prosecutor on duty who will clarify the dynamics and the number of fatal blows inflicted on the woman's body. The murder weapon was seized by investigators.
Some women wanted to show their pain for what happened with their presence. Anna, they remember, was a good person and an honest worker. “She didn't deserve what happened to her”, says an acquaintance of hers in tears. Someone else speaks of a tragedy waiting to happen, a sad script that often repeats itself when the victim reports the stalker.
“It seemed to me,” a man says in a low voice, “a sort of pre-planned murder. Him hitting her from behind and pushing her into the trunk after having evidently followed her on her travels.”
The suspension of all types of celebrations related to the summer period. For his part, the parish priest of Church of the Holy Trinity, which is located right next to the crime scene, Don Antonio Parlato, organized a moment of prayer in memory of Anna in the evening.
A man, however, says he saw the alleged murderer who works in a fish shop in the area last night: "he was agitated, he bought some croissants and a beer. I asked him what had happened. He didn't answer. After eating he quickly walked away".
Mayor Cappiello: “We are saddened and shocked”
“We are saddened and shocked. The terrible crime that occurred today in our city is an act of unheard-of madness.” Thus Salvatore Cappiello, mayor of Piano di Sorrento, on the murder of the 56-year-old woman found dead in the trunk of a car.
“I would like to express – continues the mayor – from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of the entire community of Piano di Sorrento, our condolences to the victim's family”.
“The investigators are working tirelessly to clarify the situation and we are providing the maximum possible collaboration also with specific reference to the municipal video surveillance footage through the Municipal Police Command. We are waiting to hear about the developments of the investigations that will define with more certainty every element and responsibility of this very serious affair”, concludes the mayor.
Article published on 17 August 2023 - 22:20
