Shock and mystery in Italy: Husband of an MEP found dead in his car with a cable tied around his neck

Angelo OnoratoAn architect and husband of an Italian Christian Democratic MEP Francesca DonatoHe was found dead in his car with a cable tied around his neck and police indicated that “all hypotheses remain open.”

Onorato, the owner of two furniture stores, was found dead in a dark green Land Rover on Ugo La Malfa street at the end of Viale Regione Siciliana in Palermo at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday after his wife searched for him using a GPS signal after he did not arrive home for dinner.

The vehicle’s rear door was open, although Onorato was sitting in the driver’s seat..A coroner is already examining the mortal remains.

Onorato was born in Palermo in 1969 and in addition to the furniture business, his family also owned a construction company. He also played the piano and was an expert in music.

According to preliminary reconstructions, Onorato showed no signs of unusual behavior on the morning of his death. Your assistant, Giacomo Grilletto, He saw her get into the car and then return.

As the hours pass, the mysterious death has plunged the city into a sea of ​​speculation, with suicide and murder hypotheses being debated. However, both his wife and daughter have outright rejected the theory that he took his own life, insisting it was a murder.

His daughter Carolina wrote on Facebook: “My father did not commit suicide. He was not a person who would have ever left his family like this, and above all, based on how I myself, along with my mother, found him, I tell you that it was not suicide but murder. No one should dare to say or think that he committed suicide.”

Francesca Donato, who with her daughter found Onorato’s body after tracking his location via his iPhone, has publicly expressed her belief that her husband He did not commit suicide. In a statement to the press, Donato said that her husband is not the kind of person who would abandon his family in this way, supporting the version that he was murdered.

Family Lawyer Vincenzo Lo ReAccording to a report from the agency, this position is supported by LoopPointing out that there are both objective and subjective considerations that exclude the possibility of suicide and that he trusts that the Palermo Prosecutor’s Office will reach the same conclusion.

However, authorities continue to investigate all leads a letter Initial investigation He did not disclose significant financial problems or disagreements with third parties.

Circumstances that may point to suicide include: Lack of signs of violence Onorato’s body and the results of surveillance cameras in the area, which did not capture any vehicles stopped near the architect’s car at the time of the incident.

It is hoped that Autopsy on Onorato’s bodyThe event, which took place on Monday at a Palermo polyclinic, sheds more light on this mysterious case that has shocked the city.

(with information from EP)