An architect, Angelo Onorato, husband of the Christian Democrat MEP Francesca Donato, was found dead in Palermo. The victim was found lifeless in his car in the area of via Ugo La Malfa
The causes of death are being investigated but Francesca Donato immediately reported it “They killed my husband Angelo.” He said this while speaking on the phone with some friends. She herself had been looking for it all morning and she was alarmed because her husband had never answered her repeated phone calls. In the end, the MEP succeeded track her husband’s car via GPS, a dark green Land Rover SUV, and notified the emergency services. Angelo Onorato, as well as an architect, was the owner of a furniture shop in Palermo.
According to initial rumors, the victim he had a plastic strap tied around his neck. Onorato was found sitting in the driver’s seat. Contrary to what was initially known about the body no gunshot wounds were found. Instead, there was one wrapped around her neck blood stain on his shirt, also compatible with a voluntary gesture and coming out of the mouth. Among the elements that investigators must ascertain, which is decisive for the reconstruction of the dynamics, is the possible closure of the door. Investigators do not rule out that Onorato had a date with someone right in the via La Malfa area. This road is located a short distance from the entrance to the Palermo-Mazara del Vallo motorway, towards Trapani.
A witness told the agencies that shortly after 3pm he noticed two women screaming in desperation next to the SUV, which had an open door.
Shortly after 5pm Francesca Donato arrived at the site where her husband’s lifeless body was found. In the evening the woman and her daughter were accompanied to the Flying Squad offices to be heard about the last hours of Onorato’s life. Also in the afternoon, speaking with some friends, Francesca Donato reiterated that she did not believe in the suicide hypothesis: «Angelo didn’t kill himself» he would have confided.
Late in the evening, hypotheses regarding the mystery remain open, that is, whether it was a murder or a suicide. A legal friend of Onorato was heard about a letter left to him by the architect himself. S also investigates the economic situation of the victim: according to rumors the professional was waiting to collect a series of credits.
Francesca Donato, 55 years old, is European parliamentarian elected in 2019 on the League lists in the Islands constituency. As such, she had joined the far-right group Identity and Democracy. She stood out for her strongly Eurosceptic positions and against the single currency. With the explosion of Covid she declared herself no vax and she had opposed the restrictive measures and the green pass. In 2021 he left Matteo Salvini’s party. Onorato had also attempted experience in politics: in 2022 it was candidate for the Sicilian regional elections on the list of the Christian Democrats but he had not been elected.
Friends and acquaintances who had seen Angelo Onorato until a few hours before the tragedy were in shock: last night the architect he had attended a party at the Palermo tennis club.
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