![]() One – who has lived on the same street for 20 years – said: ‘She was here for her daughter’s wedding in September. At the smart terraced home the couple shared in the town, neighbours spoke of their shock at the news. The tragedy comes just months after Michele returned home to celebrate her daughter’s wedding.īefore moving to Italy Michele and Michael ran Divers Down scuba school in Torquay, Devon. Medical examiners are running forensic tests to investigate how long Michele was deceased before she was discovered by her heartbroken friend. ![]() ‘I just can’t believe he could something like that if it was him because they always seemed so happy together.’ ‘They had three dogs and the last time I saw them a week ago they were in the garden in front of their house but there was nothing untoward. Neighbour Luana D’Angelo told MailOnline: ‘They were quite private and didn’t really interact with the community as they couldn’t speak much Italian but they would always smile and say hello. Meanwhile at the scene the house was still taped off and a British registered campervan was parked alongside the property with another van which has Italian plates on Thursday The couple had been living in the house in the countryside near the commune of Palombara, where 100 British expats live, for the past four years and were described by local residents as ‘very private’. Police told MailOnline they had yet to find the murder weapon but were waiting for the autopsy to confirm what was used to stab Michele. Investigators said while Mr Whitbread is the prime suspect in Michele’s murder, ‘there is no smoking gun here’. Police have issued an ‘all ports alert’ and are hunting for Mr Whitbread who is thought to be in the couple’s white Jeep Compass which is missing. Michele was found by police in her first-floor bedroom and the keys to the house were reportedly still in the front door. ‘There was no sign of a struggle and she was possibly stabbed in her sleep but we await the forensic examination to find out more.’ ‘She was found on the floor in her bedroom next to the bed, dressed in underwear and covered in a white sheet,’ an investigative source said. Michele was stabbed seven times in the back, police confirmed to MailOnline, though conflicting reports gave differing accounts of how many times she was stabbed and precisely where. Neighbours said they heard her screaming in horror at finding the 66-year-old in a pool of blood on the floor next to her bed and called the police who arrived at the home in the countryside. Ms Keay had not heard from her for three days and had become increasingly concerned so decided to check up on her, police said. Michele, a mother of two daughters, was found by friend Petrina Keay who had travelled from the nearby commune of Palombaro, where 100 British expats live, after they called her yesterday morning but received no response. Pictured: The home this morning with police tape surrounding it Michele Faiers, 66, was found lying on her first-floor bedroom in a pool of blood by her friend inside her rural home in a village near Casoli, a town in eastern Italy on Wednesday morning. ‘Ms Faiers’ family have asked for privacy at this time and I would ask that this is respected.’ Leicestershire police said today they had arrested a 74-year-old man in connection with Michele’s murder last night and he remains in custody.ĭetective Inspector David Greenhalgh, from EMSOU, said: ‘We are continuing to work with authorities both in the United Kingdom and Italy regarding this incident. Police described him as ‘intelligent, competent and able’. Italian police were hunting Michele’s partner Michael Whitbread, 74, a retired IT consultant originally from Torquay, after he allegedly left the scene in the couple’s white Jeep Compass before police could question him.Ĭolonel Alceo Greco, of Italy’s carabinieri police force, said Mr Whitbread is a prime suspect in Michele’s murder and is feared to have fled Italy. The mother-of-two was found on the floor next to her bed, dressed in her underwear and covered in a white sheet with just her feet poking out, an investigative source said told MailOnline. Michele, 66, was discovered lying in a pool of blood in her first-floor bedroom by her friend inside her rural home in Verratti village near Casoli, a town in eastern Italy, on Wednesday morning. The man was arrested by police officers in Shepshed, Leicestershire, last night in connection with the murder of Michele Faiers in Italy. A 74-year-old man has been arrested in England after a British grandmother was found knifed to death at her Italian home yesterday.
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