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| Ashley Olsen funeral: family and friends mourn loss of murder victim in Italy | |
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| Friends and family of an American woman killed in her Florence apartment gathered on Friday for her funeral in her adopted Tuscan homeland as authorities prepared to present their case to a judge against the prime suspect in her slaying. | Friends and family of an American woman killed in her Florence apartment gathered on Friday for her funeral in her adopted Tuscan homeland as authorities prepared to present their case to a judge against the prime suspect in her slaying. |
| Friends carrying red, white and pink roses joined relatives of Ashley Olsen, 35, and her beloved beagle Scout for the funeral inside the Santo Spirito basilica. Olsen’s boyfriend, Federico Fiorentini, entered the basilica holding a bouquet of flowers and held Scout on his lap during the service. | Friends carrying red, white and pink roses joined relatives of Ashley Olsen, 35, and her beloved beagle Scout for the funeral inside the Santo Spirito basilica. Olsen’s boyfriend, Federico Fiorentini, entered the basilica holding a bouquet of flowers and held Scout on his lap during the service. |
| In a statement released just hours before Olsen’s funeral, Paula and Walter Olsen thanked Italian authorities for their “swift apprehension” of Olsen’s alleged killer. | In a statement released just hours before Olsen’s funeral, Paula and Walter Olsen thanked Italian authorities for their “swift apprehension” of Olsen’s alleged killer. |
| The suspect, Tidiane Cheik Diaw was arrested on Thursday. | The suspect, Tidiane Cheik Diaw was arrested on Thursday. |
| “We want to sincerely thank the Italian authorities and the investigation teams for their swift apprehension of the perpetrator, and also thank the US consulate for the continuous support,” the parents said. | “We want to sincerely thank the Italian authorities and the investigation teams for their swift apprehension of the perpetrator, and also thank the US consulate for the continuous support,” the parents said. |
| “Our deepest affections go to Ashley’s many friends and to the community of San Frediano that she dearly loved,” they said. | “Our deepest affections go to Ashley’s many friends and to the community of San Frediano that she dearly loved,” they said. |
| Olsen’s murder has sent shockwaves through the artist community in Florence, where the 35-year-old Florida native lived for more than three years. Olsen was found dead in her apartment on January 9 by her boyfriend Federico Fiorentini, who told investigators he had grown worried about her after not hearing from her. | Olsen’s murder has sent shockwaves through the artist community in Florence, where the 35-year-old Florida native lived for more than three years. Olsen was found dead in her apartment on January 9 by her boyfriend Federico Fiorentini, who told investigators he had grown worried about her after not hearing from her. |
| Olsen and Diaw are believed to have had consensual sex before he allegedly killed her. The lead prosecutor in Florence, Giuseppe Creazzo, on Thursday said Diaw’s DNA was found on a cigarette and in a condom that was found in Olsen’s apartment. Diaw, who entered Italy illegally a few months ago, was also allegedly in possession of Olsen’s phone. | Olsen and Diaw are believed to have had consensual sex before he allegedly killed her. The lead prosecutor in Florence, Giuseppe Creazzo, on Thursday said Diaw’s DNA was found on a cigarette and in a condom that was found in Olsen’s apartment. Diaw, who entered Italy illegally a few months ago, was also allegedly in possession of Olsen’s phone. |
| Diaw’s attorney, Antonio Voce, told NBC News that the suspect had admitted that he had a fight with Olsen and pushed her to the ground in her apartment after a night of sex and drug use, but that he had not intended to kill her. Prosecutors said Olsen had sustained fatal head injuries and was strangled, but Diaw’s attorney said the bruising around her neck was the result of Diaw trying to lift her up, not choke her. | Diaw’s attorney, Antonio Voce, told NBC News that the suspect had admitted that he had a fight with Olsen and pushed her to the ground in her apartment after a night of sex and drug use, but that he had not intended to kill her. Prosecutors said Olsen had sustained fatal head injuries and was strangled, but Diaw’s attorney said the bruising around her neck was the result of Diaw trying to lift her up, not choke her. |
| Diaw and Olsen are believed to have met hours before her death at a Florentine nightclub called the Montecarla. She was last seen in the early hours of Friday morning walking home from the club to her Santo Spirito neighbourhood, which is a 15-minute walk. | Diaw and Olsen are believed to have met hours before her death at a Florentine nightclub called the Montecarla. She was last seen in the early hours of Friday morning walking home from the club to her Santo Spirito neighbourhood, which is a 15-minute walk. |
| Her death has devastated a tight knit group of artists whom she befriended following her 2012 move to the Tuscan capital. Olsen moved to Florence in part to be close to her father, who lives in Florence and called his daughter a “a beautiful and creative young woman with a happy, exuberant and generous soul”. | Her death has devastated a tight knit group of artists whom she befriended following her 2012 move to the Tuscan capital. Olsen moved to Florence in part to be close to her father, who lives in Florence and called his daughter a “a beautiful and creative young woman with a happy, exuberant and generous soul”. |