A 29-year-old girl, who had been living in Salento with her boyfriend for some time, was killed in Specchia Gallone, in Minervino di Lecce, in via Pascoli, near the Church of San Biagio.
The girl at the time of the crime, committed with stabs, was on the street with her boyfriend.
The carabinieri are on the trail of a man who probably - as far as is known - had had an affair with the victim until a few months ago.
The victim was called
Sonia di Maggio
and was from Rimini.
From the province of Naples is the man on whose tracks are the policemen of the police station of Otranto who have started investigations for territorial jurisdiction.