Italian police launched a manhunt on Thursday after two suspected Chinese prostitutes and a Colombian transgender sex worker were found dead in an upscale Rome neighborhood.
The three victims were stabbed to death, according to the Italian press, the newspapers The messenger Y the Republic even warning of a possible “serial killer” in the Italian capital.
The bodies found in the Prati district
The bodies of two Chinese women were discovered late in the morning in a building in the Prati neighborhood, one of the most chic in Rome. The South American’s body was found in an apartment in the same neighborhood an hour later, police said.
The three victims were “probably sex workers”, according to the police, who added that the South American had been fatally wounded in the abdomen.
The body of one of the Chinese, naked on the landing, was seen by a neighbor. In her 40s, she had head and stomach injuries, according to Corriere della Sera. And when the police intervened, they discovered the body of a second woman.
The telephone communications of the victims analyzed
“Everyone knew that there was a disreputable apartment here, with people arriving at two, three in the morning,” a resident of the building told reporters.
The transgender victim is a 65-year-old Colombian whose body was discovered by a friend, according to Corriere della Sera.
Investigators are studying the victims’ phone communications to see if there is any link between them.
Source: BFM TV
