Giada Zanola, the hypothesis of premeditation and the shadow of sexual blackmail

On the one hand the hypothesis of premeditationon the other the shadow of sexual blackmail. Spotlight on the case of Giada Zanola – 33-year-old sales assistant with a young child – crashed on Wednesday 29 May by a flyover on the A4 near Vigonza, in the Padua area. What at first glance might appear like a suicidein fact, did not convince the police, who suffered Andrea Favero was questioned and then stoppedex-partner of the victim e father of the childon charges of aggravated voluntary homicide.

Friday, during the hearing of validationFavero made use of the right not to respond to the questions of the investigating judge Laura Alcaro, who did not validate the arrest of the judicial police but ordered it anyway precautionary custody in prison for the “serious, precise and consistent” indications of guilt regarding thevoluntary homicide of the ex-girlfriend. They were highlighted in the ordinance the inconsistencies right in the first statements of the suspect, who had spoken of an argument above the overpass.

To rebuild the last hours of Zanola's life, investigators are examining all the various hypotheses: among these, the possibility that he could have it stunned or killed already at home, and then threw her from the overpass for simulate a suicide. To throw it over the parapet – we read on Corriere della Sera – there is in fact a step placed ad at least 80 centimeters from the ground: if she had struggled or at least resisted, Favero – although decidedly stronger – would hardly have succeeded throw it down.

If it arrived unconscious to the parapet, to date anyway it is not known. Also because the body was tortured from large vehicles in transit, thus making it impossible to determine the exact time of his death and to understand whether he had suffered beatings previous minutes. On the other hand, within thirty days, autopsy tests will ascertain whether the young woman was drugged or poisoned before being thrown onto the A4: so far no drugs or narcotic substances have been found in the couple's home.

Finally, through the testimonies of some friends, it seems that the victim – who had canceled the wedding scheduled in September and had found a new love – had the fear that Favero might blackmail her with the threat of spreading it on the internet some videos made during moments of intimacy. To make everything even more intricate, there is the yellow of the smartphone of Zanola which has not yet been found: i printouts telephone numbersarriving in the next few days, will provide important new information to the investigators.