Police have detained a man
suspected of murdering Ashley Olsen, a 35-year-old American
woman, in Florence last week.
The detained man is a Senegalese migrant who is around 25
years old and is known to the police for drugs-related issues,
sources said.
The said the man was held on the basis of DNA evidence
taken at the crime scene.
Olsen, originally from Florida, was living in Florence
where her father, an architect, works at an art school.
She was found dead at her rented apartment on Saturday.
An autopsy found that she had been strangled with a cord
or rope.
The detained man was identified with the help of
surveillance cameras after Olsen spent the night between
Thursday and Fridday at a club.
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