Life in Italian prison for 2 U.S. friends guilty of slaying policeman
Robert Besser
09 May 2021, 20:02 GMT+10
Two young Americans--- Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20--have been sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 slaying of an Italian policeman
Prosecutors said Elder stabbed to death Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega 11 times while attempting to buy drugs on July 26, 2019
Later, Natale-Hjorth helped Elder hide the knife used in the stabbing in their hotel room
ROME, Italy: Two young Americans have been sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 slaying of an Italian policeman.
Found guilty of murder were Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, former schoolmates from the San Francisco-area.