Solved Murders - True Crime Stories - The Shocking Murder of Pamela Mastropietro A Story of Drugs, Violence and Justice PART3 #50

Episode Date: October 24, 2025

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Horror, the Pamela case, from suspect to verdict. When the police finally zeroed in on innocent, it wasn't out of thin air. He had a reputation that spoke for itself. His past was messy, to put it mildly, violence, drug dealing, shady behavior, and a trail of bad decisions that made him stand out like a neon sign in the middle of a dark alley. For the investigators, it felt like all the puzzle pieces were starting to solve. slide into place. They finally had their man, or at least someone who fit the bill. At that point, another character in the story was already sitting behind bars, Desmond.

He was well known in that underworld, not exactly a criminal mastermind, but definitely a familiar face in the local drug trade. Everyone in that circle knew that Desmond and innocent were friends, partners in crime in some sense, even if not literally in every crime. So when the police had Desmond locked up, they saw an opportunity. They offered him a deal. Help us out, they basically said, and will help you out. Reduced sentence, lighter charges, the kind of bait most people in his position would at least consider. What they wanted was simple, information about innocent, where he lived, who he talked to, where he moved, what his daily routine looked like. And Desmond gave them exactly that. With that intel,

The cops didn't waste time. They went straight for Innocence apartment, located in one of those rough neighborhoods where trouble practically grows out of the sidewalks. They got a warrant, stormed in, and what they found inside looked like something straight out of a crime show. Blood stains, half scrubbed, but not scrubbed well enough. Bottles of bleach, empty, discarded like afterthoughts.

A massive knife with dried blood still clinging to it. Piles of women's clothes stuffed into bags, some of them clearly belonging to Pamela. The whole place reeked of panic. It wasn't the home of someone living a normal life. It was the aftermath of something terrible, a scene where violence had spilled over and then been hastily covered up. DNA testing confirmed what everyone feared. The blood was Pamela's. And the clothes, her parents identified them immediately as belonging to their daughter. It was clear now, Pamela had been in that apartment, and she hadn't left alive. But evidence is one thing, a confession is another, and innocent wasn't about to just sit down and say, yeah, I did it. So the investigators dug

deeper. They checked more surveillance cameras around Matsurata, combing through endless hours of grainy footage until they struck gold. There he was. innocent himself, dragging suitcases, heavy and awkward, down the street. He loaded them into a car, got out at a ditch, and dumped them like trash. The most horrifying part, he wasn't alone. The footage clearly showed two other men. One looked suspiciously like Desmond, sitting in the back seat. The driver was later identified as a guy named Lucky, owner of the car, yet another piece of this messy puzzle. Police tracked him down, arrested him, and questioned him. But Lucky's story was, well, let's say it was weak. He claimed Innocent had called him one day, saying he had

garbage to get rid of, urgently. Innocent needed help moving two suitcases. That was it. Lucky insisted he didn't know what was inside. He and Desmond just helped carry the bags, drove out to a ditch, and left them there. According to him, he had no idea he had no idea he was essentially helping disposing a body. Now, if you're a cop hearing that, you roll your eyes. Who believes that? Two grown men lugging heavy suitcases for a friend, not asking a single question about what's inside? Still, without proof that they'd known, the focus kept circling back to innocent. He was arrested, dragged into the interrogation room, and the questioning began. At first, he gave a story that sounded rehearsed, like he'd been a story.

preparing it in his head ever since things went south. According to him, yes, Pamela had gone to his apartment. They'd bought drugs, gone to the pharmacy for syringes, then headed back to his place. They used together. He insisted there was mutual attraction, that they liked each other, that they had sex willingly. Nothing violent, nothing sinister. But then he said, Pamela wanted more. She asked for another dose. The first hit hadn't been strong enough. So he gave her more. And that he claimed is what killed her, an overdose, just like that. He swore he hadn't murdered her. He said he panicked when he realized she wasn't breathing. Out of fear, fear of the police, fear of-

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But a killer? No, he wasn't a killer. The detectives weren't buying it. They'd seen Pamela's injuries. They knew about the stab wounds, the bruises, the DNA evidence that screamed of assault. Overdose alone didn't explain that. They pressed him harder, pointing out every inconsistency, reminding them that his friends were also in custody. If you don't talk, they warned, they will. And that's when innocent story started to shift. Suddenly he wasn't alone anymore. He claimed he'd left Pamela at the apart with Desmond while he stepped out to sell marijuana to someone.

When he came back, hours later, he said she was already dead, stuffed into the suitcases. He denied killing her, denied stabbing her, denied everything. All he'd done, he insisted, was help with disposal. Of course, Desmond denied that version completely, so did Lucky. They stuck to their story. They'd only helped move the suitcases, nothing more. and the DNA evidence kept pointing back to Innocent, not them. Still, the investigation dragged on for months.

For six long months, the case seemed stuck. Innocent kept changing his story, twisting it this way and that way, always trying to dodge full responsibility. Until one day, behind prison walls, the truth slipped out. His cellmate, Vincenzo Marino, came forward. In front of a judge, Vincenzo testified that Innocent had spilled the entire story, not just to him, but basically to half the prison. He bragged, confessed, whatever you want to call it.

The point is, Innocent had finally told the truth. And that truth was darker than anyone had imagined. According to the confession, Innocent had indeed met Pamela while she was buying drugs. He'd gone with her to the pharmacy, then invited her back to his apartment. They'd used heroin together. At some point, Pamela passed out, and while she was unconscious, innocent assaulted her. But then Pamela woke up. She fought back. She wasn't going to let herself be violated without a fight. Innocent, furious and humiliated, lost control. He hit her. He struggled with her.

And then, in that explosion of rage, he stabbed her, once. He thought she was dead. Panicked, he called his friends, told them he had trash to get rid of. That's when Lucky and Desmond came into the picture, helping move the suitcases. But before Innocent even finished packing her body away, something chilling happened. Pamela stirred. She wasn't gone yet. She was still alive. Terrified and desperate, Innocent stabbed her again, finishing what he had started. The confession from Vincenzo painted innocent as a monster, not just reckless, not just panicked, but deliberate, cruel, and brutal. The courts didn't waste time. There wasn't enough to prove Desmond and Lucky had participated in the murder itself, but their roles in the drug dealing were undeniable. Both were

sentenced to five years in prison for that. Innocent, on the other hand, faced the full weight of justice. In May 2019, he was sentenced to life in prison, with an additional 18 months of isolation. Now, while the legal system worked through the case, the rest of Italy was caught in a whirlwind of rumors, fear, and anger. The brutality of the crime had left the public horrified, and when horror meets gossip, stories start to spiral. Some whispered that the killing had been ritualistic, that organs were missing, Pamela's heart, her liver, others went further, claiming there had been cannibalism involved, or voodoo-like ceremonies. None of that was proven, but the rumors spread like wildfire, fueling fear and prejudice. And then, just two days after Pamela's dismembered body was discovered, violence erupted in a

completely different way. A man named Luca Traney, armed himself with a gun, got into his car, and drove through the streets with one mission, to shoot immigrants. For hours, he targeted people from Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, anyone with dark skin. His rampage left several injured, and the country in shock. He was arrested, of course, and later sentenced to 12 years in prison. But the damage had already been done. His act was officially labeled a hate crime, and Italy was suddenly staring at an ugly, festering wound, the toxic mix of fear, racism, and violence that Pamela's murder had unleashed. politicians jumped on the tragedy like vultures circling fresh prey Sylvia Berlusconi never wanted to stay quiet appeared on television

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model where your most dedicated listeners can pay for bonus content or early access, adding another revenue stream to what you're already doing. And the best part, Spreaker grows with you. Whether you're just starting out or running a full-blown podcast network, Spreaker's powerful tools, scale effortlessly as your show grows. So if you're ready to podcast like a pro and get paid while doing it, check out spreeker.com. That's S-P-R-E-A-K-E-R.com. Just days later. His words poured gasoline on the fire. Immigris are a social bomb ready to explode. Immigration is an urgent matter. When we return to government, we will pour enormous resources into security. It was February, and were just around the corner, March 4th, 2018. The timing was no coincidence. Pamela's death,

twisted and weaponized, became political currency. But not everyone was willing to let her memory be used that way. Pamela's family devastated.