Italian found dead in wall after suicide decades ago
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Wednesday, December 4, 2002 – Page A17
MILAN, ITALY -- An Italian man who packed his bags 44 years ago and told friends he was leaving for the United States was found dead inside one of the walls of his home yesterday.
An American who recently bought the house near Lucca, in northern Tuscany, discovered the body when she was doing renovations, police said.
Inside a thick wall in the cellar she found human remains, two packed suitcases, a trowel and other equipment to make a wall, a rusted rifle and a suicide note.
The note, on paper headed with the name Nemo Cianelli, explained that the man had discovered he had an incurable disease and had decided to kill himself. He said he had invented the tale of going abroad to avoid upsetting his family.
In 1958, local newspapers reported that Mr. Cianelli was missing, and speculated that he might have gone to the United States, but after a period of rumour and mystery, the story was forgotten.
Police said it appeared Mr. Cianelli packed his suitcases, wrote the note, built a wall up around himself and shot himself. Reuters
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