The trial of the two American teens accused of killing an Italian police officer begins in Rome Wednesday, with the pair facing charges of aggravated murder and attempted extortion. Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth, 19, and Finnegan Elder, 20, have been jailed in the Italian capital since July 2019 on
The trial of the two American teens accused of killing an Italian police officer begins in Rome Wednesday, with the pair facing charges of aggravated murder and attempted extortion.
Presiding over the trial will be two judges and a six-person jury, as well as two reserve jurors, from the general public, who will decide on the case, which is expected to take many months of deliberations. The pair's parents are both expected to be attending the hearing Wednesday.An autopsy report obtained by ABC News in September found that officer Cerciello Rega bled to death after receiving 11 stab wounds that penetrated his major organs, including both lungs.
The officer had just returned from his honeymoon with his wife, Rosa Maria Esilio, just six weeks before. His funeral was held in his hometown of Somma Vesuviana, with the service taking place in the same church as his wedding.The Italian investigators allege that the American teens, who both hail from California, were trying to buy drugs in Rome but were sold a fake substance.
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