Alessandro Coatti, A scientist based in London, was killed and dismembered, with officials believing he was lured via Grindr to his death.
According to The Pink News, Coatti was last seen on April 4 leaving a hostel in Santa Marta, Colombia. By the April 6, his dismembered head and severed hands and feet were discovered in a suitcase by the Sierra Nevada Stadium. The other parts of his body were discovered several miles away by the Minuto de Dios bridge.
Despite these disgusting details, a coroner ruled that Coatti’s death was due to blunt force trauma to the head.
Police initially believed that Coatti’s gruesome death was linked to an ongoing gang war in the city. However, they now believe that it was at the hands of a group of thieves known for targeting their victims using Grindr. Six members of this group were arrested and accused of using Grindr to coax the scientist to his death.
Recently, the police identified and arrested 42-year-old Uber Etilvio Torres Garcia, recognized from a captured image of him walking on the beach with Coatti on the day that he went missing.
Authorities suspect that Garcia seduced Coatti into their usual trap where he was likely driven by gang members to a house a few miles away in San José del Pando. There, he was likely beaten and gagged in an attempt to get details on his bank cards.
This is unfortunately not even close to the first time that someone has been led to their deaths, or overall coerced through Grindr.
According to The Times, the cutting up of his body was likely an attempt to fool police into believing Coatti was killed by drug traffickers.
When informed of the arrest, Coatti’s family in Italy remarked to The Times that the news “brought no closure.”
Gianni Coatti, the uncle of the victim continued that, “We are existing one day at a time and still unable to find any explanation for what happened,” stating that “It still does not seem true—It is something we have yet to come to terms with.”
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