The man arrested in the night, on the orders of the Alexandria Public Prosecutor's Office, for the murder of 74-year-old retired Norma Megardi, in Isola S.Antonio (Alessandria), confessed to the crime.
He is accused - the carabinieri of the provincial command explain in a note - of voluntary murder, fire and destruction of bodies.
The body was found last Monday in the victim's car, which was destroyed by a fire near the Po embankment. During the interrogation, the arrested man confessed and "facilitated the seizure of further finds".
The hearing for the validation of the detention by the investigating judge is already scheduled.