A man who confessed on Wednesday to
murdering his seven-month pregnant girlfriend and unsuccessfully
trying to burn her body to conceal the evidence has said he
acted out of stress in relation to the fact of also having a
relationship with another woman.
30-year-old Alessandro Impagnatiello told investigators he
"acted without real motive because he was stressed by the
situation that had come about, mentioning among other things as
a source of stress not only the management of the two women but
also the fact that others had become aware of it", according to
the confirmation of the arrest and pre-trial detention order
signed by preliminary investigations judge Angela Minerva.
The barman at a luxury hotel in Milan is accused of stabbing to
death 29-year-old Giulia Tramontano last Saturday at their
apartment in Senago, near Milan.
During the confession Impagnatiello told Carabinieri police he
then tried to hide her body behind the garage of the building
they lived in before reporting her missing.
The preliminary investigations judge has ruled out premeditation
as an aggravating circumstance.
Tramontano's sister Chiara told investigators on May 29
Impagnatiello had told his partner he was having an affair in
January.
"Due to this situation Giulia was considering having an
abortion," said her sister according to case documents.
However, Chiara also said that the problems between the pair had
started in February 2021, when they moved in together.
When she learned of the infidelity, Tramontano told her sister
"that she would not forgive Alessandro but would return to (thir
home in) Senago" until she found "another housing solution or
returned home to her parents".
The murder is the latest of a long series of femicides in Italy.
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