Police have detained a couple in
connection with a double murder that occurred Thursday, sources
said Friday.
Vincenzo Bontà and Giuseppe Vela were shot dead in a
Palermo street Thursday morning.
Late on Thursday the flying squad arrested 52-year-old city
surveyor in charge of graveyards Carlo Gregoli and his spouse
Adele Velardo, 45, a housewife.
Investigators say they have security camera footage of the
couple's Toyota SUV at the scene of the crime and a statement
from an eyewitness, as well as evidence they fired with two
different weapons.
The couple has denied all involvement, but it is believed
the motive may have been a quarrel between the suspects and
Bonta', who was their neighbor.
Police initially believed the double murder may have been a
Mafia hit because Bonta' was married to Daniela Bontade,
daughter of late lawyer and Cosa Nostra kingpin Giovanni Bontade
who died in an ambush along with wife Francesca Citarda on
September 28, 1988.
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