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04-13-2008, 02:12 AM
Body of Italian Artist Found in Turkey
By SUZAN FRASER – 14 hours ago
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Investigators have found the body of an Italian artist last seen in March hitchhiking in a wedding gown and have charged a man with murder, officials and reports said Saturday.
Police found the **** body of 33-year-old Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo in a forested area near the town of Gebze, the governor's office for the northwestern city said.
Private news agency Dogan, quoting morgue officials, reported that di Marineo had been strangled with a rope. The state-run Anatolia news agency said the suspect had strangled her with his bare hands.
The suspect, who has a prior theft conviction, was detained late Friday and charged with murder Saturday, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Police tracked down the suspect when he switched on di Marineo's mobile phone some time after her March 31 disappearance, an Italian Embassy official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give information on the police investigation.
The artist, also known as Pippa Bacca, began hitchhiking March 8 with a friend from her hometown of Milan to the Palestinian territories as part of her "Brides on Tour" project calling for peace in conflict areas. The two separated near Istanbul with the aim of reuniting in Beirut, Lebanon. Di Marineo was last seen in Gebze.
"Her travels were for an artistic performance and to give a message of peace and of trust, but not everyone deserves trust," her sister, Maria, was quoted by the Italian news agency ANSA as saying in Milan.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBxofQvaWit90tMtw6GfXkrWq1RAD900DM8G0
By SUZAN FRASER – 14 hours ago
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Investigators have found the body of an Italian artist last seen in March hitchhiking in a wedding gown and have charged a man with murder, officials and reports said Saturday.
Police found the **** body of 33-year-old Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo in a forested area near the town of Gebze, the governor's office for the northwestern city said.
Private news agency Dogan, quoting morgue officials, reported that di Marineo had been strangled with a rope. The state-run Anatolia news agency said the suspect had strangled her with his bare hands.
The suspect, who has a prior theft conviction, was detained late Friday and charged with murder Saturday, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Police tracked down the suspect when he switched on di Marineo's mobile phone some time after her March 31 disappearance, an Italian Embassy official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give information on the police investigation.
The artist, also known as Pippa Bacca, began hitchhiking March 8 with a friend from her hometown of Milan to the Palestinian territories as part of her "Brides on Tour" project calling for peace in conflict areas. The two separated near Istanbul with the aim of reuniting in Beirut, Lebanon. Di Marineo was last seen in Gebze.
"Her travels were for an artistic performance and to give a message of peace and of trust, but not everyone deserves trust," her sister, Maria, was quoted by the Italian news agency ANSA as saying in Milan.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBxofQvaWit90tMtw6GfXkrWq1RAD900DM8G0