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Is one of the most brutal murders in the canton of Zurich about to be investigated? In 1997, the millionaire from the Gold Coast Ella Christen (86) was assassinated in her villa in Küsnacht ZH. Now the Prosecutor’s Office I of the Canton of Zurich is filing charges against the Italian Carlo F. * (77) in the Meilen District Court.
The Italian is strongly suspected of assaulting and killing the single millionaire on July 4, 1997, six days before her 87th birthday. A friend of Ella Christen had alerted the police after the old woman did not answer the phone. The agents found the pensioner in the laundry room of her villa, handcuffed and with her own blood. The author allegedly inflicted serious injuries to his head, neck and arms with punches. He died from the severe abuse.
The alleged murderer was arrested in Spain in 2017
Despite extensive investigations by the cantonal police and the prosecutor’s office in subsequent years, the perpetrator could not be found, so the prosecution suspended its proceedings against unknown persons in 2001. Approximately 15 years later, in November 2016, the Zurich Canton Police informed the Zurich Public Prosecutor that, as part of the Bern Canton Police investigation into a robbery in Thun / BE, a DNA trace may be obtained that matches that of the crime scene in Küsnacht / ZH. .
Carlo F. was arrested by the Spanish police and extradited to Switzerland in 2017. In June 2018, the man was sentenced to unconditional imprisonment in the canton of Bern for robbery and duress. He is currently in the ordinary penitentiary system.
In order for the Zurich Prosecutor’s Office to resume the process that had been suspended in 2001, the Federal Office of Justice first had to submit a request for supplements to the Spanish authorities and then approve the extradition to Switzerland also for the murder allegation.
Carlo F. defended himself in all cases
Carlo F. defended himself with legal resources in all instances. The final approval of the subsequent extradition by the Spanish authorities finally took place at the beginning of February 2020. “The fact that an act so far away can still be processed and processed before the statute of limitations shows once again the importance of the analysis DNA as an indispensable tool for Law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime, ”the prosecutor writes in a statement.
The I Prosecutor’s Office of the Canton of Zurich has completed its criminal proceedings and filed charges against the man in the Meilen District Court on November 16, 2020. (fr)
