Man arrested in connection with the death of an American student studying abroad in Italy after being found in a river

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THE  FACTS OF THE INCIDENT 

• Investigators identified the accused as Massimo Galioto, a 40-year old from Rome
• He was taken into custody because he was “seriously suspected of aggravated homicide, according to police
• Police on Monday pulled the body of Beau Solomon from the Tiber. The student was from Spring Green, Wisconsin, and had last been seen early Friday morning in a pub
• The student was arriving in Rome for an exchange program at John Cabot University, an English-language university in the Italian capital
• Italian news agency ANSA said preliminary autopsy results indicated that Solomon had suffered injuries consistent with a fall and with days spent in the water, although the exact cause of death remains to be determined
• John Cabot University was alerted by a roommate, who reported he lost contact with Beau on Friday & became worried when he didn’t show up for orientation
• Cole Solomon, Beau’s 23-year-old brother, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday that his brother’s body was discovered with a head wound and blood on his shirt & that thousands of dollars were charged to his brother’s credit card after his disappearance
• Investigators would check security cameras near the store for possible images of who might have used the cards & it wasn’t immediately clear if police believed the detained suspect himself used the card in Milan

• Pop Francis met with the parents on Wednesday of the American college student found dead this week
• The Pop expressed his “feelings of deep sympathy and compassion” and “his closeness in prayer to the Lord for the young man who died so tragically,” according to a Vatican statement.