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Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Daily Mirror
'Murderer' gives chilling reason for decapitating woman found dead in suitcase
Denisa Maria Paun's decapitated body was found shoved into a suitcase by an abandoned farmhouse in Italy - the man accused of murdering her reportedly shared a reason for the killing The man accused of murdering a woman whose body was found beheaded and stuffed in a suitcase in a popular tourist region reportedly shared a chilling reason for the killing. Romanian national Denisa Maria Paun, 30, vanished from a hotel in Prato in Tuscany on May 15. Her remains were tragically found around 11am on June 4. Denisa, who worked as an escort, went missing days after she told her friend she feared for her life. Her body was later found hidden among brambles near an abandoned farmhouse in Montecatini Terme, around 20 miles west of Florence. Local security guard Vasile Frumuzache, 32, also a Romanian national, has reportedly admitted to killing the 30-year-old and cutting off her head. The married dad-of-two, who lived and worked in Rome, is facing charges of murder and suppression of a corpse. He is said to have used a knife to behead Denisa and set fire to her body - after she allegedly threatened to tell his wife if he did not pay for her services. Frumuzache told police his chilling reason for allegedly killing Denisa, saying: "She was blackmailing me, that's why I killed her. When I told her that I was a security guard and that I was married, she told me that she was able to reach my wife." He told cops the pair connected on a dating app before they met and had sex at a hotel, the same night she was savagely killed. Denisa reportedly demanded he pay more than £8,000 or she would go to his wife and expose the cheating. Frumuzache is believed to have suffocated Denisa before cutting off her head, shoving her body into a big black bag and then into a suitcase. A post-mortem is expected to confirm the exact cause of death. CCTV footage from outside the hotel showed the 32-year-old man holding a black bag at around 10.50pm. Footage then caught Frumuzache walking out of the hotel holding a white suitcase, which belonged to Denisa, and put it into his car. Italian prosecutors say the woman's remains were in that suitcase. 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. This comes after reports the 30-year-old called her mum just hours before her harrowing death and "seemed calm". Denisa said: "Hi Mum, I'm fine, see you at home on Saturday." Shortly after this call however, Denisa's phone switched off. Her mum then went to police in Rome and reported her as missing. A few days before her death, Denis reportedly told a friend: "I'm afraid I'm going to be killed."
New York Post
4 days ago
- New York Post
Woman found beheaded, stuffed in suitcase in murder that has rocked a beloved tourist hotspot
The body of a missing woman was found beheaded and stuffed in a suitcase in a famous tourist region — three weeks after she disappeared, authorities said, Maria Denisa Paun, 30, a Romanian national, disappeared from her home in the town of Prato, in Tuscany, on May 15. Her remains were found on Wednesday near an abandoned farmhouse in Montecatini Terme — about 25 miles west of Florence, Italian media reports. Advertisement A local security guard has admitted to murdering Denisa, cutting off her head with a knife, then setting fire to it with gasoline, Corriere Fiorentino reports. Denisa, who worked an escort, reportedly threatened to tell the man's wife wife if she didn't pay him. 5 The headless body of escort Maria Denisa Paus was found near an abandoned farmhouse in the Tuscan countryside. Jam Press Vasile Frumuzache, 32, who is also a Romanian national, faces charges of murder and suppression of a corpse, according to prosecutors. Advertisement The married father-of-two told police he met Denisa on a dating app before visiting her at a hotel the same night she was murdered, according to prosecutors. They had sex, but then she threatened to go to his wife unless he paid her the equivalent of around $11,450, he told police, according to Italian media reports.. 5 Her alleged killer, wearing blue, claimed she was blackmailing him by threatening to go to his wife. Jam Press Advertisement 'She was blackmailing me, that's why I killed her,' Frumuzache was quoted as saying. 'When I told her that I was a security guard and that I was married, she told me that she was able to reach my wife.' 5 Denisa was last seen alive on May 15 at a hotel in the Tuscan town of Prato. Jam Press He then strangled Denisa, dismembered her corpse and stuffed her body in a garbage bag and put the remains in a suitcase, driving from the hotel to the secluded farmhouse, Corriere Fiorentino reports. 5 Denisa was decapitated and her head set on fire. Jam Press Advertisement Hotel security footage shows Frumuzache arrive outside at 10:50 p.m. on May 15 with a black bag. Just over two hours later at around 1 a.m., he is shown on camera leaving the hotel with a white suitcase belonging to Denisa, which he loads into his Volkswagen Golf, according to reports in Italy. 5 Her remains were found inside a suitcase. Jam Press Denisa's remains were inside that suitcase, according to prosecutors. Investigators used a GPS installed in Frumuzache's car by his insurance company to retrace his movements after Denisa's disappearance, and tracked down the search to the abandoned farmhouse on Wednesday morning, where they found Denisa's headless body, along with the white suitcase. Denisa's case fascinated Italy in recent weeks, following rumors she may have been abducted by criminal gangs after leaving Rome and traveling to Tuscany last month.
