ROME, ITALY. (THECOUNT) — Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth and Finnegan Lee Elder, have been identified as the suspected American teens jailed in Italy over the murder Rome police officer, Mario Cerciello Rega.
Both teens are suspects in the fatal stabbing of 35-year-old Rega during a “drug deal gone wrong.”
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The suspects are also being investigated for attempted extortion, according to reports.
The detention order was displayed on Italian state broadcaster RAI and it named the two suspects as Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth and Finnegan Lee Elder. The order says they were both born in San Francisco in 2000. Police confirmed that the detention order shown on state TV was authentic, reports 11Alive.
Elder’s lawyer, Francesco Codini, said his client exercised his right not to respond to questions during a detention hearing held Saturday in the Rome jail where the two teens are being kept.
The judge hasn’t ruled if they will be kept in jail beyond an initial three-day period.
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