(ANSA) - Rome, November 11 - A 36-year-old Roman and alleged
pusher has been arrested by police in the capital in relation to
the homicide probe into the death of last month of 16-year-old
Desirée Mariottini, sources said Sunday.
The girl was allegedly drugged up, gang-raped and left to die
in an abandoned building used as a drugs den in Rome's San
Lorenzo district last month in a case that shocked the nation.
The suspect, named as Marco Mancini, was also detained for
allegedly selling drugs, including mixes containing Quetiapine,
with minors suspected of being among his clients, the sources
said.
It has not been ruled out that he may have given Mariottini
the drugs that killer her.
During a search, 12 doses of cocaine and various forms of
psychiatric medicine were seized from the suspect, the sources
said.
Four African men, including two Senegalese drug pushers, a
Nigerian and a Ghanian, were also arrested in relation to the
case.
Pusher held over teen's rape, homicide
16-year-old found dead in drugs den in October