Police say Milanese banker Davide Fontana, 43, admitted to killing Carol Maltesi, a 26-year-old singer known as Charlotte Angie, with a hammer in January. Mr. Fontana, who was her neighbor and friend, cut her to pieces and put the dismembered body in a freezer she placed in her house, even paying her rent and answering messages on her phone to trick people into believing that she is still alive. . She was not reported missing until she appeared at an event at a dance club around mid-March, with Mr Fontana dumping her body in bucket bags outside a mountain road in the province of Brescia, two hours from Milan. Her body was found eight days ago by a passerby who spotted a hand with purple glitter nail polish, but it was not immediately recognizable. So the police published a description that included details of her 11 tattoos in the hope that someone could recognize her.
“Fortunately I’m fine”
Shortly afterwards, Andrea Tortelli, a journalist in Brescia, received information about her true identity. She contacted Maltese acquaintances, who said she also had a young son, who reportedly lived with a male relative. No one had seen her recently, but pictures, her real name and a phone number were shared. “I thought to myself ‘what are the chances of all this happening – the physical description, and that this woman has eight of the same tattoos?’ Mr Tortelli told the Telegraph. “But I did not want to go to the police until I was sure.” He decided to verify his discovery by texting her on WhatsApp and was shocked to receive a reply. “A lot of people have talked to me about this girl,” Fontana wrote – pretending to be Maltesi. “Fortunately I’m fine.” The exchange became silent when Mr Tortelli pressed for a voice message to confirm her identity. “I thought ‘the only person who would answer pretending to be a dead woman is the one who killed her.’ “So there is basically a killer free.” “I decided to get all my information to the Carabinieri,” said Mr Tortelli. Mr. Fontana is expected to appear in court on Thursday for a preliminary hearing and faces charges of aggravated murder, as well as mutilation and concealment of a corpse.
