Eight women in Italy pay the ultimate price for breaking off with their partners...

Neighbours said they heard three shots. When they got to her, Maria Montanaro was dying. But she was able to say three words: "It was Gaetano".

For months she had been threatened by her 55-year-old former lover, Gaetano De Carlo. But on the day before he arrived on her doorstep, things suddenly became more frightening.

The 36 year-old graphic artist from Riva di Chieri near Turin received a text message: "I'm coming there and I'll kill you." More...

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