Dario Angeletti, fifty-year-old professor at the University of Tuscia, was found dead in his car near the Saline di Tarquinia (Viterbo).
The man was bloodied, sitting in the driver's seat with his seat belt fastened.
The alarm was raised by a passer-by.
The carabinieri found some skid marks on Angeletti's car.
It is therefore not excluded that the victim may have tried to escape from someone chasing him.
Searches in progress could concern the alleged perpetrator of the crime.
Some searches are underway by the Carabinieri as part of the investigation into the murder of the university professor, which took place this afternoon in Tarquinia.
It is learned from investigative sources.
According to what it has been possible to learn, one of these searches could concern the alleged perpetrator of the crime.