IOLE TASSITANI: BASSANO CARPENTER ARRESTED

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(AGI) - Treviso, 24 Dec. - Forty-year-old carpenter and supermarket worker Michele Fusaro was the kidnapper of 42-year-old Iole Tassitani, daughter of the Castelfranco Veneto notary public whose remains were found in the garage of the man arrested, cut to pieces and divided up into three rubbish bags.
  Fusaro had been followed constantly by carabineri for many days. Yesterday evening investigators decided to take action and arrested the suspect, to then search his house. To prevent any clashes or dangerous situations, Fusaro was arrested by the Treviso operative unit while walking in the streets late in the evening in Bassano del Grappa. The man, though very surprised and frightened, did not put up any resistance. Shortly thereafter the remains were found in his garage. As reported by Colonel Paolo Nardone, Treviso commander, Fusaro's garage was very clean and well-ordered, but three large bags were immediately seen. The worst suspicions were thereafter confirmed when parts of the woman's body were found cut into pieces. Venice prosecutor Vittorio Borraccetti did not want any possible reconstructions to be made yet, since investigations are still underway. "At the moment," he said, "we cannot confirm that we are dealing with an organized group. We do not even know whether the woman was killed immediately after being taken hostage or later." The autopsy is being carried out and Fusaro has been taken to a Vicenza jail while awaiting interrogation by the investigative judge for the upholding of the arrest warrant. According to what has been reported, he has not admitted his responsibility and felt ill during questioning.