Police in the night between Thursday
and Friday arrested a 31-year-old Italian man suspected of
murdering Sharon Verzeni near Bergamo on the night of 29-30
July.
The man appeared in footage filmed by security cameras in the
town of Terno d'Isola as he was quickly leaving an area near the
crime scene on a bike.
According to investigative sources, the arrested suspect,
identified as Moussa Sangare, who was born in Italy and has
Maghrebi origins, said he had a "sudden raptus" and killed
Verzeni.
"I can't explain why it happened, I saw her and killed her", he
is reported to have told the police.
Carabinieri police investigating the fatal stabbing of Verzeni
had long examined images of surveillance cameras in the area to
identify him.
Investigative sources on Friday said the man does not reside in
Terno d'Isola and appeared not to know the victim.
He allegedly committed the murder without an apparent motive.
The stabbing was not connected to a rape attempt, a robbery nor
was it drug-related or had anything to do with the Scientology
courses the victim allegedly attended, investigators said.
Prior to the arrest, police questioned Verzeni's boyfriend
Sergio Ruocco on several occasions but he was not placed under
investigation.
Ruocco is now living with Verzeni's family who have always
insisted she was murdered by a stranger.
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