The killer of Luigi Contena, the thirty-two-year-old killed Friday morning in the countryside of Orune, shot from about 30 meters away. The gunshots hit him with precision: three buckshot to the head, one to the abdomen and one to the leg. This was confirmed by the autopsy performed yesterday at the Brotzu hospital in Cagliari by the coroner Roberto Demontis.
Planned ambush
The killer would have waited in front of the entrance gate of the farm belonging to the Contena family. In front of him there was a large clearing, completely free of obstacles: Luigi Contena was out in the open, without any shelter, without an escape route . The place chosen for the ambush was perfect: it offered the killer a full view and an immediate escape route among trees, bushes and tall vegetation. Who shot maybe he also knew that Contena was armed with a pistol : at that distance a handgun is useless against a rifle loaded with buckshot.
The investigations
The investigations are pointing to the feud: last May 20, the victim's father, Pietro Contena, was arrested for the murder of Luca Goddi, which occurred in 2023 in Orune. Since then, Pietro had left the town, aware of the risk of revenge. A precaution that was not enough to save his son. To complicate the situation, the fact that inside the farm there was a batch of marijuana under seizure, identified some time ago by the Guardia di Finanza . On that occasion, six people got into trouble, but the case of the owner of the land was archived: the marijuana that was supposed to be sativa, but instead exceeded 0.6% of active ingredient, could not be traced back to him.
Meanwhile, Luigi Contena's funeral has been scheduled: it will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, at 4 pm in the parish church of Orune.