The son of the girlfriend of a man
who was stabbed to death in his sleep has confessed to the
murder, police said Thursday.
Yosif Popovic, 20, told police under questioning that he
killed 54-year-old shopkeeper Vittorio Sottero on Saturday night
in the Piedmont village of Guarene d'Alba.
He was driven by frequent arguments with the victim, police
said.
Popovic did the deed while his mother slept next to
Sottero. Police arrested him in the basement of the home, still
in the blood-stained clothes he wore while committing the
murder. Police say they have yet to recover the murder weapon,
likely a kitchen knife.
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