The ex-wife of a retired Italian man
who was beaten to death on the night between January 31 and
February 1 at his home in the Dominican Republican has been
arrested in relation to the homicide, local media reported.
The newspapers quoted the son of the victim, Vittorio
Giuzzi, saying that the woman, Teodora Mendez, has been put
under house arrest with another relative.
Initially Giuzzi's death had appeared to be the result of a
burglary that went wrong and a 22-year-old local confessed to
the killing.
The investigation continued, however, and the suspicion is
that Mendez, who had recently divorced the man, ordered the
killing.
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