Man kills driver who fatally ran over his wife

A husband gunned down a 24-years-old car driver who had ran over and killed his wife last summer. Fabio Di Lello, 33, yesterday shot to death Italo d’Elisa in the town of Vasto, in the Abruzzo region. He left the gun on his wife’s grave before turning himself in.  

Roberta Smargiassi died after being knocked down by d’Elisa, who allegedly went through a red light, in July 2016. The 24-years-old was expected to appear in court soon in connection with the accident.  

The death of Smargiassi, who was riding her scooter, has shaken the town of Vasto. A group of citizens have formed a committee – called Justice for Roberta – to seek swift justice for the victim.  

Many people took also to social network to express their protest. A hate campaign was waged against the car driver.  

“I ask myself , where is justice? I answer to myself, maybe it does not exist! We must not forget, we must fight, so that there are no more Roberta”, Di Lello wrote on a website, adding that his pain had been turned into a videogame. He posted on his Facebook page a picture from the movie Gladiator.  

It is “a tragedy within the tragedy”, the magistrate leading the investigation said.

In the crime of Vasto there are some details that announced an imminent revenge by Fabio Di Lello against Italo D'Elisa.

Small symptoms of a vindictive desire matured over time. Di Lello in fact has repeatedly hinted on his Facebook profile that something would happen sooner or later. And now that his picture of "The Gladiator" posted on their wall suggests many things.

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