• Shot dead in the street, ex-boyfriend wanted

  • Killed in the Catania area: the wanted ex-boyfriend committed suicide

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24 August 2021 There are two nodes to be cliffed and on which the Carabinieri of the provincial command of Catania are investigating. The first: where the murder weapon ended up, a 7.65 caliber pistol with which Vanessa was killed in the street in Aci Trezza. How did the ex-boyfriend, Antonino Sciuto 38, to know the girl's whereabouts. An initial answer could come from examining the victim's cell phone. Sough has worked for years in a telephony company and may have used his experience to always know where his ex was. Or, more simply, he was constantly stalking her.



Vanessa's father


"That man had planned everything, I'm sure, he continued to be blinded by jealousy", declares Carmelo Zappalà in an interview with La Repubblica. "This is an endless slaughter. Vanessa's death is yet another defeat for him. State, "he continues. "But what pains me most is that all this could have been avoided if he had been arrested after Vanessa's denunciation." Zappalà wonders: "Why didn't that judge validate the arrest, as requested by the Catania prosecutor?". At the Corriere della Sera, the young woman's father notes that Vanessa's ex, Antonino Sciuto, had persecutory attitudes. "With a duplicate key in the evening he sneaked into the attic of my house", says Zappalà, "and from the chimney he listened to our chatter ". And then, according to the young woman's father, the ex-boyfriend controlled the family" with GPS, black boxes placed under Vanessa's car and under mine. " the father the house arrest inflicted on Sciuto, "because three days later, it was June 13, we find him at our feet, but with an equally useless provision: the obligation not to approach my daughter for 200 meters".but with an equally useless provision: the obligation not to approach my daughter for 200 meters ".but with an equally useless provision: the obligation not to approach my daughter for 200 meters ".



City


mourning It will be

city

mourning in Trecastagni, a town in the Catanese area on the slopes of Etna, where Vanessa Zappalà lived and worked. On the day of the funeral, flags lined in mourning and summer activities suspended for a week. This was announced by the mayor of the town, Giuseppe Messina. Tonight there will be a torchlight procession in homage to Vanessa, and a plaque will be placed in the village to remember her.