Nurse arrested in Verona over wife's 2024 death, accused of insulin murder

Arrest more than two years after the death

Police in Verona arrested a 35-year-old man on Thursday, 29 October 2026, on a charge of voluntary homicide over the death of his wife in June 2024. The Squadra mobile police unit served a custody order issued by the judge for preliminary investigations, Carola Musio, at the request of the Verona prosecutor's office. The prosecutor leading the inquiry is Alberto Sergi. The suspect, a nurse, is held in prison while the investigation continues, and his lawyers are Giacomo Giulianelli and Davide Lovato. Both spouses worked as nurses, and the couple had a young daughter.

What prosecutors allege

Prosecutors say the man gave his wife insulin through an intravenous drip, with no therapeutic need and no prescription, which caused severe hypoglycaemic crises. According to the investigators, he obtained the insulin through his work as a healthcare professional. Prosecutors describe the doses as massive, and the alleged injections were given more than once, first at the family home and later at the hospital where she had been admitted. The man also allegedly collected a payout on a life-insurance policy his wife had taken out about two years before her death, naming him as beneficiary. The inquiry, which the reports describe as lengthy and complex, identified numerous elements against him.

Illness and death in 2024

The woman's first crisis came on 22 May 2024, and she was then admitted for about a month to the Borgo Trento hospital in Verona. Further episodes occurred during her stay, and doctors could not establish their cause. She was discharged on 21 June and died a few days later in her sleep at her home in Bussolengo, on 24 June 2024. Her death was initially attributed to a severe and apparently inexplicable form of hypoglycaemia. At the time, the husband told the Corriere della Sera that he had tried to resuscitate her himself. The investigation has since produced a different account, in which the insulin is alleged to have caused the crises.

Legal stage and background

The man has been charged, but the case has not reached trial, and the allegations remain unproven. The reports describe the charge as voluntary homicide. Italy's parliament approved a law in 2025 making femicide a specific offence, with mandatory life imprisonment for those who commit it. The woman had worked as a nurse and was the mother of the couple's daughter, who was two and a half at the time of her death.