A perfect crime: Killer on campus Two years ago student Marta Russo was gunned down at Rome University. I t was a killing that baffled police, and shocked the nation. Now two law students are o n trial, accused of trying to commit the perfect murder, a crime apparently without motive. As the case reaches its conclusion, the mystery is only deepening. Frances Kennedy reports

From: The Independent - London | Date: March 27, 1999| Author: Frances Kennedy | Copyright information

Two dabs of green police paint mark the spot where Marta Russo fell. On a nearby wall hangs a marble remembrance plaque. Below it a cluster of grubby soft toys and some bouquets of wilted mimosa form an impromptu shrine. A note in childish handwriting reads: "Marta, we'll never forget you."

One sunny May morning in 1997, Marta and her fellow law student Jolanda Ricci were strolling along the broad alley that divides the Law and Political Science faculties at Rome's main university. Sud...

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