Murder of Pamela Mastropietro
| Murder of Pamela Mastropietro | |
|---|---|
Pamela Mastropietro | |
| Born | 23 August 1999 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 30 January 2018 (aged 18) Macerata, Marche, Italy |
| Cause of death | Knife wounds leading to blood loss and suffocation |
| Burial | Campo Verano, Rome |
| Convicted | Innocent Oseghale (life imprisonment) |
| Foundation | Associazione Pamela Mastropietro |
Pamela Mastropietro was an 18-year-old Italian woman who was last seen on 29 January 2018. She was murdered soon after in Macerata, Marche. Her murderer, a Nigerian migrant drug dealer named Innocent Oseghale, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison with 18 months of isolation in May 2019. The sentence was confirmed on appeal in October 2020. The murder caused public outrage, anger, as well as anti-immigrant sentiment in Macerata. Her death has been cited as a motive for the shooting of African migrants by perpetrator Luca Traini that left six seriously wounded.