An international manhunt has begun for the partner of a British grandmother who was found stabbed to death at her home in Italy.
The body of Michele Faiers, 66, was found at the house she shared with Michael Whitbread, 74. She had been stabbed seven times in the back and was found lying in a pool of blood at the property in Verratti in Abruzzo, central Italy.Whitbread has been identified by Italian police as the prime suspect. They believe he may have left the country by car.The couple had been living in the expat community there for four years and have been described by neighbours as being ‘very private’.
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