What happened to Charlotte Angie?
Neighbour accused of killing adult film star and then posing as her on WhatsApp
A man has been arrested for allegedly murdering an adult film star and chopping her body into pieces before impersonating her to cover his tracks.
According to Italian police, Milan-based bank employee Davide Fontana has admitted killing his neighbour Carol Maltesi, a 26-year-old Italian-Dutch performer known as Charlotte Angie, with a hammer in January.
Fontana is alleged to have cut her into 15 pieces and “put the dismembered body in a freezer that he installed in her house”, before staging an elaborate cover-up, reported The Telegraph.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
‘I’m OK’
Fontana is said to have paid the dead woman’s rent and responded to messages on her phone in order to make it look like she was still alive. The 43-year-old bank clerk allegedly sent a text to Maltesi’s mother saying that she had “left porn” and but was too busy to explain why.
He is also reported to have sent what The Daily Beast described as “kinky” messages to her boyfriend, who lives in Holland.
Despite the alleged cover-up attempts, Maltesi was reported missing after failing to turn up to an event at a lap dancing club earlier this month. Fontana is said to have then dumped her remains in bin bags off a mountain road in the Brescia province, two hours from Milan.
The dismembered body was found last week, “by a passer-by who spotted a hand with purple glitter nail polish”, according to The Telegraph.
Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
Investigators were unable to identify the body, because the face had been burned, but issued a description that included details of 11 tattoos on the body parts.
When several concerned friends and fans who recognised the tattoos tried to contact Maltesi, Fontana is allegedly texted back: “Yes, they look like mine. But luckily I’m OK.”
‘Assassin on the loose’
As police continued trying to identify the body, a local investigative journlist began looking into the disappearance of Maltesi, “who had started working as an OnlyFans model during the pandemic and had taken part in a number of adult films”, according to The Sun.
Andrea Tortelli told The Telegraph that began to message her WhatsApp account after getting “a tip-off” about the true identity of the dismembered woman. Although he received replies that appeared to be from Maltesi, the exchange went silent when Tortelli pressed for a voice message to confirm her identity – leading him to contact law enforcers.
“I thought ‘the only person who would reply pretending to be a dead woman is the person who killed her. So basically there is an assassin on the loose.’ I decided to take all my information to the Carabinieri,” Tortelli said.
After police released her name, Fontana is reported to have come forward claiming that he knew Maltesi but had nothing to do with her disappearance.
However, detectives who claim to have spotted inconsistencies in his story began tracking his movements over recent months. Video surveillance archives allegedly showed Fontana and Maltesi getting into her car in January.
And according to police, a search of his home uncovered bin bags like those used to wrap her dismembered body, along with DNA evidence linking Fontana to the murder.
When confronted with the evidence, Fontana is said to have confessed that he “accidentally” killed her during a consensual tryst.
Create an account with the same email registered to your subscription to unlock access.
-
'Make legal immigration a more plausible option'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
-
LA-to-Las Vegas high-speed rail line breaks ground
Speed Read The railway will be ready as soon as 2028
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
-
Israel's military intelligence chief resigns
Speed Read Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva is the first leader to quit for failing to prevent the Hamas attack in October
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
-
Deaths of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies hang over Sydney's Mardi Gras
The Explainer Police officer, the former partner of TV presenter victim, charged with two counts of murder after turning himself in
By Austin Chen, The Week UK Published
-
Brianna Ghey: should killers have been named?
Talking Point Teenagers Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe now face 'life of inescapable notoriety'
By Jamie Timson, The Week UK Published
-
Can the UK's knife crime 'epidemic' be tamed?
Today's Big Question Fatal stabbings are on the rise but campaigners are divided over punitive threats vs. public health interventions
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
-
Post Office scandal casts new light on Robin Garbutt murder conviction
Speed Read Supporters claim faulty Horizon evidence was key to guilty verdict but victim's mother accuses former postmaster of jumping on bandwagon
By The Week UK Published
-
Brianna Ghey: what court has heard about death of transgender teen
The Explainer The two teenage suspects each blame the other for the murder
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
-
Monique Olivier: ex-wife of 'ogre' serial killer goes on trial
Speed Read The French woman is charged with complicity in Michel Fourniret's murder of British student Joanna Parrish and two other victims
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Last updated
-
Death of first non-binary judge in Mexico instils fear in LGBTQ+ community
Under the Radar Jesús Ociel Baena's suspected murder reveals dangers to transgender and non-binary people
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
-
Lucy Letby to face retrial over attempt to murder baby girl
Speed Read UK’s most prolific child killer to face additional charge after lodging appeal against conviction
By The Week Staff Published