Police in Perugia are analysing 60
SIM cards, five phones and a personal computer as part of a
suicide-instigation probe into the death of 19-year-old
university student Andrea Prospero, investigative sources said
on Tuesday.
An 18-year-old Roman student has been placed under house arrest
for allegedly inciting Prospero to take his life while another
youth who lives in the southern Campania region is under
investigation for allegedly selling the opioids used for the
suicide.
Prospero was found dead on January 29 in a rental apartment in
the Umbrian city centre and is believed to have taken his life
five days earlier.
Investigators - coordinated by the State Attorney's Office in
Perugia - are looking into the online contacts of the teen from
Lanciano, in Abruzzo, who studied computer science at the
University of Perugia.
Police found chat messages on Prospero's cell phone which he
allegedly exchanged with the teen under arrest, whom he had
contacted on the dark-web.
The 18-year-old allegedly advised Prospero on how to use
medication to commit suicide, according to investigative
sources.
"Andrea Prospero's death serve as a warning for those surfing
the internet so certain tragedies will never happen again",
Carlo Pacelli, a lawyer who represents the student's family,
told ANSA.
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