A 19-year-old Sicilian man was
arrested Monday on suspicion of murdering his 17-year-old
girlfriend near Palermo at the weekend.
The man, Pietro Morreale, on Sunday morning went to police and
led them to the scene of the crime, a gully in the countryside
near Caccamo, where they found Roberta Siragusa's partially
burnt body.
Police said they were considering arresting Morreale, who was
not exercising his right to remain silent.
They said he was the main suspect in Siragusa's death.
Before refusing to speak, Morreale had protested his innocence.
He has been charged with murder and concealing a cadaver.
Siragus'as body has been taken to a morgue in Palermo where an
autopsy will be carried out in the coming days, judicial sources
said.
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