On Wednesday, February 18, a macabre discovery was made in the Italian town of Scandicci. On the grounds of an abandoned building complex, formerly belonging to the National Research Council, the mutilated body of a 44-year-old woman was found. The victim, later identified as a homeless German citizen, had been decapitated. Carabinieri and prosecutors are working on the scene to determine the course of this brutal crime and capture the perpetrator.

Victim identified

The murdered woman is a 44-year-old German without a fixed address, known to the local homeless community in Scandicci.

Brutal murder

The body was found headless, indicating the macabre nature of the crime and the determination of the perpetrator.

Crime scene

The body was dumped in an abandoned building of the former CNR, which is currently the target of a planned revitalization project by the municipality.

Shocking reports have come from Tuscany, where in the town of Scandicci near Florence, the mutilated body of a woman was found. The macabre discovery was made by other homeless people in the area of the abandoned buildings of the former CNR. The victim is a 44-year-old German citizen who led a nomadic lifestyle. As investigators confirmed, the body was headless, indicating the exceptional cruelty of the perpetrator or perpetrators. Carabinieri and prosecutor Alessandra Falcone immediately arrived at the scene to oversee the examination of evidence. The town of Scandicci has in the past witnessed the activity of the legendary Monster of Florence, a serial killer who terrorized the area around the Tuscan capital from 1968 to 1985, committing a series of brutal murders of couples.Medical services and technicians from the scientific department conducted hours-long inspections on the site of the former industrial park. A key question for the investigation remains whether the woman was murdered at the location where the body was found or if her body was transported there after the crime was committed elsewhere. This area, currently owned by the municipality, was slated for revitalization in the near future to be transformed into a public park. Currently, the area is known as a gathering place for homeless people and immigrants, which complicates the identification of potential witnesses. „It must be clarified whether she was murdered elsewhere, perhaps nearby, and then brought there, or whether the discovery site and the crime scene are the same.” — Rai NewsThe investigation is being conducted as a murder. Police are checking city surveillance footage and questioning people camping in the ruins of the former research institute. The brutality of the act has caused great alarm in the local community, which has long demanded the securing of abandoned areas through revitalization. Authorities do not rule out any motive, including disputes within the homeless community. Sequence of events in Scandicci: — ; — ; —

Mentioned People

  • Alessandra Falcone — Prosecutor from the Florence prosecutor's office, handling the case of the woman's murder in Scandicci.