Man gets life for missing teacher murder

(ANSA) - Grosseto, February 18 - A 70-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison with two months of daytime solitary confinement for the premeditated murder of a retired gym teacher whose body was never found.
    Antonino Bilella was the caretaker of a Tuscan country house belonging to 55-year-old Francesca Benetti, who went missing in November 2013.
    The court also convicted him for stalking, rape, and concealment of a body. Investigators found the victim's blood in the country house and in the trunk of Bilella's car. Bilella has steadfastly proclaimed his innocence.