Filippo Turetta, the Padua university
biomedical engineering student under investigation for murdering
his ex girlfriend Giulia Cecchettin on November 11, wept during
an interrogation by a preliminary investigations judge on
Tuesday and used the right to remain silent when asked
questions, sources said.
The questioning took place at Verona's Montorio prison, where
Turetta arrived on Saturday morning following his extradition
from Germany.
He is being held under 24-hour protection for his own safety and
will have no contact with prisoners suspected or accused of
other types of crimes.
He is said to be "quiet" and has reportedly asked for books and
to meet his parents after the interrogation.
On Sunday he met with the prison chaplain.
Turetta is currently being probed for kidnapping and aggravated
voluntary homicide but this could change to premeditation in
light of the results of the autopsy on December 1 and
examination of the car used by the suspect in the alleged
kidnapping and femicide.
He was arrested near Leipzig in Germany on November 19 after
more than a week on the run.
Turetta admitted to the investigators who stopped him on a
highway outside the spa town of Bad Durrenberg near Leipzig that
he had "killed my girlfriend".
The case has shocked Italy, in part because of the age of the
victim and the alleged murderer and because of the brutality of
the killing.
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