Marcello Toscano, a support teacher at the Marino Guarano middle school in Melito di Napoli, was found lifeless, whose family members had reported missing.

The body of the man - former municipal councilor of Mugnano - was found in the courtyard of the school where he worked: he would have died after an attack, on the body found "

wounds attributable to a white weapon

".

The carabinieri had begun their search for Toscano last night, after his family - who hadn't heard from him for hours - had alerted the military.

Investigations into the death are ongoing, investigators

have acquired several images from cameras in the area

.