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Italian police: US woman found slain in her Florence flat Italian police: US woman found slain in her Florence flat
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ROME — Italian police say a 35-year-old American woman has been found slain in her apartment in Florence. ROME — An American woman, her neck bruised and scratched, was found slain in her apartment in Florence on Saturday, Italian police said.
A police spokeswoman in Florence, Maddalena Carosi, said the victim’s neck was bruised and scratched. But police wouldn’t comment on Italian news reports that the woman had been strangled until an autopsy was performed. A police spokeswoman, Maddalena Carosi, said the women has been identified as Ashley Olsen, 35, and had been living in Florence for some time. Florence prosecutors have opened a murder investigation.
Carosi said the murdered woman has been identified as Ashley Olsen. Police wouldn’t comment on Italian news reports that the woman had been strangled until an autopsy can be performed, but they did confirm Olsen had scratch marks and bruises on her neck.
Police also declined to comment on reports that Olsen’s boyfriend, an Italian living in Florence, became worried when he didn’t hear from her in a few days and asked the flat’s owner to open the door, leading to the discovery of the body Saturday. Police also declined to comment on Italian news reports that Olsen’s boyfriend, described as an Italian artist living in Florence, became worried when he didn’t hear from the woman for a few days and asked the apartment’s owner to open the door.
RAI state TV said the woman’s father teaches at a Florence art school. It wasn’t immediately clear where in the U.S. the family came from. Local TV reports said the body was found on a bed in the apartment, which is located in Florence’s historic center.
TV and local newspaper accounts said the body was identified by the victim’s father, who reportedly teaches at a Florence school.
La Repubblica daily said Olsen loved art and had organized events connected to the art world.
The ANSA news agency said Olsen was born in Florida.
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