A 56-year-old Italian woman was
bashed to death by her Italian former partner in Bologna on
Tuesday evening, police said Wednesday.
The victim was hit with a baseball bat and other blunt
instruments including a hammer, they said.
The man, 27-year-old Giovanni Padovani, was arrested for the
aggravated murder of the woman, Alessandra Matteuzzi.
The alleged femicide took place in the courtyard of their condo
in via dell'Arcoveggio in the Emilian capital.
Matteuzzi was still conscious when medics arrived but died in
hospital of massive head injuries.
An autopsy has been ordered.
Matteuzzi had reported Padovani at the end of July, after their
relationship ended a few months earlier, police said.
She said he had been stalking her, judicial sources said.
Padovani is a lower-tier Italian soccer player and former model.
He is from Senigallia, in the province of Ancona in Marche.
He has played for various teams in Serie C and D including
Foligno, Troina, and Giarre.
He is currently with Sancataldese, another Sicilian Serie D team
like Giarre.
Padovani is thought to have flown to Bologna from Sicily Tuesday
and to have waited for his alleged victim under her flat.
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