Overview

• Emanuele De Maria, serving a life sentence for a 2016 femicide, was authorized for work-release at a Milan hotel under a reintegration program.
• On May 9, CCTV captured De Maria walking with colleague Chamila Wijesuriya at Parco Nord; her body was later found in a pond with throat and wrist wounds.
• De Maria stabbed another coworker, Hani Nasr, on May 10, who survived and is recovering after emergency treatment at Niguarda Hospital.
• Following a 24-hour manhunt, De Maria was located after he jumped to his death from the terrace of Milan's Duomo on May 11, holding a photo of Wijesuriya.
• The case has sparked investigations into procedural failures and the balance between prisoner rehabilitation programs and public safety safeguards in Italy.