Imagine my horror when I walked out of my palestra (Energym) and discovered the hideous remains of a murdered male.
It’s horrible enough to find a corpse, but to find one dismembered – I’m amazed I didn’t faint dead away.
I called the police of course and they immediately arrived, put crime-scene tape all around the… crime scene, dusted the remains for fingerprints, and then summoned an ambulance to remove the pathetic body. They put the time of death at about 8 hours before I called them as rigor was still present.
Minor crimes in Italy are frequently not solved, major ones frequently are, one way or another (we won’t mention Amanda Knox here). But this crime will be difficult to resolve – there are obviously no fingerprints or dental work that might aid in identification.
Who was the victim? Why was he so cruelly chopped in half in the prime of life? And why was he left near the palestra? There are a few clues, anyway, which will give the detectives a start. Obviously he’s black. His fine physique suggests he cared about his appearance – perhaps he was an athlete or a model. Clearly the disposal of his body was done in haste – the perpetrators didn’t even bother to cover him with a few leaves to delay discovery.
It is all a great mystery. You may not read about it in the papers, but depend on it, I’ll be following developments here in Rapallo.
Of course I end up here on your blog! I wonder…are mannequins accepted at recycle bins?
Everything seems to end up in the bins these days – usually in the wrong ones (glass in paper, etc) – but poor ‘victim’ – he deserves a good Catholic funeral, don’t you think?
There seems to be a universal assumption that the victim was male – are the tell-tale anatomical details truly evident? Believe me, I looked and looked – oh, umm, never mind. I’m sure the bisection took place after death. It was that huge plantar wart on the right foot that did him/her in.
Oh I think the police are quite sure the victim was male. They counted his ribs. Between the flat feet Pidge mentioned and the plantar wart that you note, it’s no wonder the poor man couldn’t hobble away from his assailants.
When I glimpsed your photo, I thought half of mannequin was hided….
So horrible…. Where is torso?
Ha! That’s part of the mystery… where IS the rest of the body???
Torso Tortellini – special of the day!!
I’ll pass, thanks all the same…
He has flat feet – no wonder he couldn’t get away!
Ha ha! I hadn’t thought of that.
Definitely a model — I mean check the slimness of the legs!
True – he is rather svelte. Probably works out a lot; there are two gyms a stone’s throw from the remains.
OK Captain–early Halloween in Rapallo ?
Berkeley friend
Aw shucks, you’re onto us.
Looks like the remains of a statue.
Or a mannequin?