Who were Luca Monaldi and Luca Gombi, the two spouses killed in Bologna

He was stopped at Barcelona airport while probably tried to leave Europe. Genaro Maffia, 48, is the alleged manager of the double murder he shocked Bologna: two men, Luca Monaldi and Luca Gombi, civilly married since 2023, have been killed in their apartment on the sixth floor of Piazza dell’Unità. Maffia was their roommate.

At 6.30 on Sunday morning, a neighbor heard of the screams and alerted the rescue. Upon arrival in the apartment, the police found himself in front of a chilling scene. According to investigative sources mentioned by Courierthe two bodies were “completely torn”: Luca Monaldi was “slaughtered”, while Luca Gombi “eviscerato, With a deep wound to the abdomen ». Always the Courier It reports that the house was “covered with blood”, and there were also traces in the elevator. Several knives have been seized by the scientific, which now tries to identify the crime weapon.

Genaro Maffia was stopped in the landing area: he boarded 8.45, shortly after the murder. Investigators hypothesize that he wanted to continue the journey to Venezuela, his hometown, where his family resides. But the alert launched by Italy allowed the Spanish police to intercept it to the landing. Now he is in a stop.

The tensions between the two spouses and the roommate had lasted for months. From August the man lived together with the couple, but the relationships had cracked. One of the causes of conflict, the investigators explain, is that Maffia would have had to leave, because the couple had decided to sell home And he had also found a buyer. Precisely on this question, according to the reconstruction of the investigators, increasingly heated disagreements were born.

A neighbor, mentioned by Republic, Confirm that Monaldi and Gombi “were completing the operations for the sale of their home to Bolognina, with the aim of moving to the countryside”.

Last November 1st, Maffia had called the carabinieri because, returning home after an absence, he had found the lock changed. On that occasion, the couple told the carabinieri that he had a discussion with the guest, but he added that he had not threatened them. In the days preceding the crime, Maffia had presented himself to the barracks to report the cloning of his credit card, as reported by the Courierand on that occasion the man had appeared “very agitated, over the top”. The couple, worried, had asked Maffia cousin, who lives in Bologna, to talk to him to calm him down.

Who were the victims

Luca Gombi, 50, was Bolognese. A neighbor remembers: «I have lived here for 50 years and they also lived there: First there were grandparents, then the parents. They were quiet people ».

Luca Monaldi, 54, was originally from Terontola, a hamlet of Cortona, in the province of Arezzo, where he was well known, because He worked with his family in the footwear sector and in local marketsof Valdichiana and Trasimeno. After the death of the parents, he had moved to Bologna, where he had met Luca Gombi. In Tuscany, Monaldi was also known for his sporting commitment. He leaves an older brother, who lives in Puglia, as well as uncles and cousins.

The chief prosecutor Giuseppe Amato said that Maffia’s extradition will be requested. Meanwhile, the mobile team, coordinated by the prosecutor Tommaso Pierini, is working to put all the pieces of a terrible story in order. It also remains to be understood whether it was an impetus or premeditated crime.