Carol Maltesi Was Lured on OnlyFans, Then Murdered — As a result of She Wished to Be with Her Son

An Italian banker’s jail sentence has been upgraded to life behind bars for the 2022 killing of a mannequin he met on OnlyFans after reportedly changing into upset she needed to maneuver throughout the nation to be along with her 6-year-old son.

Davide Fontana, 45, was resentenced to life in jail in Could after being discovered responsible in 2023 of killing 26-year-old Carol Maltesi in January 2022, leaving her younger son with out a mom, in response to La Stampa.

The Italian newspaper reported that Fontana killed Maltesi whereas they had been filming a sexual video collectively that he organized utilizing a pretend profile to speak along with her on OnlyFans. Fontana was discovered responsible of hitting the 26-year-old mom with a hammer 13 occasions and stabbing her within the throat whereas she was tied up. 

The banker then minimize Maltesi’s physique up into items and saved her stays for about two months in a freezer that he bought on Amazon, in response to La Stampa. Italian outlet L’Unione Sarda reported that Fontana initially tried to burn the items of Maltesi’s physique at a rental house however could not achieve this, later inserting the physique components in plastic baggage and tossing them off a cliff in Paline di Borno, a northern Italian city about two hours northwest of Milan.

Whereas Maltesi remained lacking, the Italian outlet Il Messaggero stories that Fontana impersonated her on the telephone, telling her relations and mates that she was due house quickly and had been touring.

Maltesi’s stays had been ultimately found in Paline di Borno on March 21, 2022, greater than two months after she was killed on January 11, 2022, in response to L’Unione Sarda.

Fontana was initially sentenced to 30 years in jail in June 2023 for aggravated voluntary murder, in addition to suppression and concealment of a corpse, in response to La Stampa. Nonetheless, La Stampa and L’Unione Sarda reported {that a} Court docket of Enchantment reviewed the homicide case and opted to resentence Fontana to life in jail after contemplating the premeditation concerned within the homicide plot.

Prosecutors mentioned Fontana turned upset with Maltesi after studying she had plans to maneuver to Veneto, roughly 250 kilometers east of Milan, to be along with her son, in response to the retailers.

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Fontana reportedly addressed Maltesi’s son, who’s now 8 years outdated, and Maltesi’s dad and mom throughout his resentencing listening to in Could, in response to Il Messaggero.

“I wish to apologize once more to everybody, particularly to Carol’s dad and mom and to the son,” Fontana mentioned, in response to an English translation of the native report. “I do not know if I’ll ever be forgiven for what I’ve carried out. I’d actually give my life to return.”

In accordance with the outlet, Fontana has paid €39,000 to Maltesi’s younger son as a part of a court-ordered compensation. The outlet reported that days after his mom’s homicide, Maltesi’s son had been heard telling mates in school that his largest concern was at some point not having the ability to keep in mind his mom’s face.