The partner of a 20-year-old
woman who was stabbed to death near the Sicilian city of
Siracusa has confessed to the homicide, sources said Monday.
The body of Laura Petrolito was found dumped in a well in the
town of Canicattini Bagni.
The suspect, Paolo Cugno, is the father of the baby that
Petrolito gave birth to eight months ago, the sources said.
Jealously is suspected to be the motive for the crime.
Italy has suffered an alarming spate of femicides - cases of
women being killed by men, usually their current or former
partners.
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