Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - An Italian man has been accused of k!lling his wife before using her phone for months to pretend she was alive.
Francesca Deidda, 42, disappeared in May
from the Italian town of San Sperate, in Cagliari, southern Sardinia and
investigators believe that she was k!lled by her husband, 43-year-old Igor
Sollai, local media reports.
After Deidda was last seen, messages
were reportedly sent from her phone telling friends and family that she needed
some time away due to a breakdown in her relationship. Still, she refused to
speak to anyone on the phone.
The call centre she worked at also received
her resignation in an email after she disappeared.
Investigators allege that these
messages and emails were written by Sollai after he killed his wife and hid her
body, using them to conceal his crime and pretend Deidda was still
alive.
While the phone has not been found, 'traces left by the suspect online' led to his arrest, according to local media.
Deidda was reported missing by her
brother and a coworker on May 30.
When Sollai was asked by police why
he didn't report his wife missing, he said it was because her brother had
already done so.
Police quickly ruled out suicide and
voluntary separation and focused their investigation on Deidda's relationship
with her husband, who reportedly gave several conflicting statements.
Sollai claims that his wife wanted some
time apart to 'reflect', according to local reports.
Investigators say the evidence indicates
that the couple had hit a rough patch in their relationship before Deidda
disappeared.
Despite nobody being found in the
case, Sollai has been arrested on murder charges last week and remains in
prison.
He maintains his innocence and his lawyer,
Carlo Demurtas, told local media: 'There is no evidence that this was a
homicide.
'And to date, we have no evidence to
say that our client used his wife's phone or sent the email.'
Demurtas had campaigned for Sollai to
receive house arrest or to be released pending trial, but a judge ruled today
that the truck driver will remain in custody.
The couple's house, where they had been
living together since 2012, as well as their cars, has been seized by police.
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