A serious incident has shocked Rome, but also Albania, this Wednesday. Ilaria Sula, a 22-year-old Albanian, was macabrely murdered by her boyfriend, who has been identified by Italian authorities as Mark Samson, 23.
Crime dynamics
The young Albanian woman was a student who shared an apartment with other girls. She had left home on March 25, but her body was found this Wednesday. After being murdered, the victim was stuffed into a suitcase and then dumped in a wooded area.
How the police tracked down the perpetrator
The perpetrator is suspected of using a knife to kill the young woman, who he then put in a suitcase and threw in the wooded area. After losing contact, the girl's family was alarmed and asked for police help to find her.
The incident was revealed thanks to the victim's phone records, which were kept by the perpetrator. The latter occasionally posted on social networks, pretending to be the victim. He also sent several messages to the victim's family members as if it were her, so that they would not suspect anything. He is also said to have thrown the phone into a well.
Although the family reported the incident on the evening of March 25, when the young woman did not return home, the police were only able to find the body 8 days later. After finding the body, the police were able to identify and arrest the perpetrator, with the help of telephone records.
Author's testimony
The perpetrator is being questioned by investigators to enable the full disclosure of the incident and the motives for this macabre crime.
However, from the first testimonies he has revealed the dynamics of the crime.
"I threw her phone into a well in Rome, loaded her body into my car and drove her to Polignano," the young man said.
On the other hand, local media report that the reason may have been the young Albanian woman's request for a separation, which was not accepted by the author.
Family members' testimonies
The victim's mother, Gëzime Sula, has given her testimony, underlining that she realized something was wrong because her daughter was not answering her phone, but was only sending her messages.
"I immediately realized that something was wrong. Then I spoke to friends who lived with her and together with my husband we decided to immediately report her disappearance, thanks also to Inspector Moreno Fernandez who was recommended to me by a friend from Terni. I know that the investigations immediately led to the boy with whom Ilaria had dated in the past, but we know little about him," the mother said, reports Il Messagero.
On the other hand, the victim's brother stated that the young woman and the perpetrator had separated for a long time.
"I last spoke to Ilaria two weeks ago, because she came to visit us in Terni. She was calm and didn't tell me about any problems, then only messages, but I'm not sure she had written to her. I knew her, they had been together for a year, but they had been separated for a long time," the 20-year-old confessed.
The charges against the author
The incident is still under investigation, as the young woman's phone has not yet been found, while investigators are working to unravel the full dynamics of the crime. However, so far, the perpetrator is charged with the criminal offenses of "intentional murder" and "hiding a corpse."
Source: Corriere Della Sera
