A 30-year-old escort who vanished days after telling a friend she feared for her life has been found beheaded.
Denisa Maria Adas’s body was found hidden among brambles near an abandoned farmhouse at 11:20 am yesterday (4 Jun) morning.
Her burned head was discovered in a field several miles away.
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Married father-of-two Vasile Frumuzache has reportedly confessed to the crime, allegedly telling officers: “She was blackmailing me.
“That’s why I killed her.”
Police say Frumuzache, a security guard, had a relationship with Denisa.
He told police she had threatened to tell his wife unless he gave her €10,000 (£8,417).
The 32-year-old has been charged with murder and concealment of a corpse.
The grim find was made in a rural part of Montecatini Terme, near Florence, Italy.
It was about a half-hour drive from Denisa’s last known location in Prato.
Denisa last made a call to her mother from a rental room between 11 pm and 11:30 pm on 16 May.
She “seemed calm” on the call, but a short while later, her two mobile phones were switched off.
Local media said that a few days before her disappearance, she had told a friend: “I’m afraid I’m going to be killed.”
At the time, it was not clear why she feared for her safety, as reported by Need To Know.
Detectives have pieced together a chilling timeline.
At 10:50 pm on 15 May, Frumuzache entered the property where Adas was staying, carrying a holdall.
Shortly after 1am, he was seen leaving with her suitcase, which she had brought along with her from her home in Rome.
It is believed her body was inside.
Using GPS data from a tracker fitted to his car for insurance purposes, detectives traced his journey to the spot where the body was found.
The head was only found after Frumuzache revealed its whereabouts during questioning.
Detectives suspect the pair’s relationship may have been more complex than it currently appears and have not ruled out further developments.
Denisa is believed to have been suffocated, but a post-mortem is expected to confirm the exact cause of death.
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