An Italian woman was found dead in Formentera and her partner, also Italian, was arrested on charges of murder .
The victim, found dead on Sunday in her apartment in Es Pujol, a tourist resort on Formentera, was Luisa Asteggiano, 45, originally from Bra, in the province of Cuneo . The man arrested, with whom she was having an affair, is Ivan Sauna, 51, originally from Busto Arsizio and the owner of a travel agency . The man is awaiting transfer before the magistrate of the preliminary investigation section No. 1 of the Court of Ibiza, for validation of the arrest.
Both the victim and the attacker had been residents of Formentera for years and were registered with AIRE, the registry of Italians abroad, although they had different addresses.
The cause of death has not been confirmed; autopsy results are pending. However, initial reports published by Spanish media, including El Pais, indicate that the woman's body bore multiple wounds and bruises, consistent with a beating or violent assault .
The authorities of the Spanish Ministry for Equality have included the case in the register of alleged gender crimes, or 'macho' murders , in which women are victims, committed by partners or ex-husbands, for which specific courts have jurisdiction.
As soon as the Consulate General in Barcelona was informed of the discovery of the victim's body, it contacted the family to provide assistance. In particular, it contacted a sister, a brother, and Luisa Asteggiano's ex-husband, the father of her 15-year-old son, who lived with his mother in Formentera .
(Unioneonline)
