Fell out of a B&B in Monteverde, Rome. Intentional or negligent homicide or tragic death? What is certain is that between Leonardo Fiorini, 27 years old, an IT technician at the Ministry of Defense, and his friend David Stojanovic, 25 years old, “Stoja”, there was a very heated argument on Thursday evening. Everyone heard screams, curses, and objects being thrown everywhere. Until a brawl on the balcony in front of a key witness stated that he glimpsed, from his window, a naked boy hanging and held by his legs while others screamed for help. This was after the fight on the terrace.
Does Stoja want to save him after pushing him and causing him to lose his balance? Or his goal was to kill his childhood friend? The first version is the 25-year-old’s oath to the police and prosecutors who interrogated him overnight before being arrested, even though yesterday the young man was released. His testimony matched what witnesses heard in the building. “Run, help me! Break down the door and come here. Throw the mattress into the yard”, shouted Stojanovic in despair before his friend flew tragically from the third floor of the holiday home “Quattro Venti” on via di San Calepodio. The 12-meter flight was fatal for the 27-year-old, as confirmed by the autopsy carried out yesterday at La Sapienza. Traumatic injuries from the fall and scars on the body were related to the violent fight, the medical examiner wrote. Samples were taken for toxicology tests on the body and the suspect, which could confirm what Stojanovic said after the tragedy. “We were upset about alcohol and joints,” he explained to investigators who apparently found marijuana in the studio apartment. It is not clear what caused the conversation to turn into a fight due to the use of psychotropic substances.
Old friends, Leonardo and David. Grew up on Isola Liri, in the province of Frosinone, 300 meters away. Elementary, middle and high school together. They separated when Leonardo moved to Siena to study engineering. They find themselves in the capital, one is a salesman from Stone Island, the other is a ministry employee, and decide to live together. Leonardo stayed at a bed and breakfast for the weekend instead of going home to the Frosinone area. David was with him. Investigators could not rule out that there was something more than just a deep friendship between the two and that the reason for the dispute had something to do with a woman. The fact is that after smoking and drinking alcohol, the two had a heated argument. David insisted on his version, namely, that he did not want to kill Leonardo and, instead, he would restrain him to save him. It remains to be established whether it was he, with a push, who made her fall from the balcony and then tried to support her or whether it was Leonardo, as David claims, who threw himself down, “confused and as if he had gone mad”.
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issued a precautionary measure: the young man, who had been under house arrest since Thursday evening, was released but remains under investigation. The trial process continues while waiting for the autopsy and preliminary examination to be completed.
