Palermo, July 11 (LaPresse) – It was an execution. The body found yesterday inside a plastic bag in Milazzo, in the province of Messina, has been identified as Salvatore Italiano, 84 years old. Initial investigations indicate the elderly man was killed with three shots to the head. The body was discovered yesterday afternoon shortly before 3:30 PM on Via Capuana in the Ponente area. The man owned a wine shop and lived in the Fiumarella area. The police were alerted by some people heading to the beach who spotted the body in a street behind the restaurant ‘Il Gabbiano’. The area is near the border with the municipality of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, close to the Bastione neighborhood. Chief prosecutor Giuseppe Verzera and the medical examiner suspect the murder occurred in the morning, but the exact time will be determined by the autopsy. Investigators from the Mobile Squad have questioned local residents and are reviewing security camera footage from the restaurant to understand when the body was left in the uncultivated field.
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