{"id":88418,"date":"2023-12-03T10:52:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T10:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=88418"},"modified":"2023-12-03T10:52:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T10:52:04","slug":"family-of-murdered-british-grandmother-66-visit-scene-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/family-of-murdered-british-grandmother-66-visit-scene-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of murdered British grandmother, 66, visit scene for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span>EXCLUSIVE<\/span> Heartbroken family of British grandmother, 66, murdered at her Italian dream home visit the scene for the first time &#8211; after her partner, 74, was arrested over stabbing<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ: <span>Woman stabbed to death had suspected her partner of having an affair\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Family members of a British woman murdered at her Italian dream home have visited the scene for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Grandmother Michele Faiers, 66, was found stabbed to death by a friend who called round after she was unable to reach her for three days.<\/p>\n<p>A postmortem later revealed she had nine knife wounds mainly to her back and\u00a0was dressed just in her underwear and covered with a sheet on the floor of her bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>The murder happened in late October in the picturesque hilltop town of Casoli, near Chieti, on the Adriatic Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Three days after she is believed to have died Michele&#8217;s partner Michael Whitbread, 74, was arrested by British police and is currently awaiting extradition to Italy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/09\/78518991-12819683-image-m-4_1701594496791.jpg\" height=\"458\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>British Michele Faiers, 66, pictured with her partner\u00a0Michael Whitbread, 74,\u00a0was found stabbed to death at her Italian home<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/10\/78520049-12819683-image-a-19_1701598891184.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The family of the grandmother murdered at her Italian dream home visiting the scene for the first time<\/p>\n<p>Local TV captured two of Michele&#8217;s three daughters, Harriet, 38, and Sarah, 27, as they were seen entering the remote farmhouse where their mother died accompanied by their lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Both women wore black hoodies and were also with a British Embassy official as they spent two hours inside the house gathering personal items and being shown around.<\/p>\n<p>As they left with their lawyer they covered their faces and declined to speak to waiting journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Last month MailOnline revealed that Michele had rowed with Whitbread after suspecting he was having an affair with another British expat who lived in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents seen by MailOnline also revealed how she had slept at a friend&#8217;s house three weeks before she died after he allegedly attacked her.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/09\/77642165-12819683-The_home_of_Michelle_Faiers_Michael_Whitbread_in_Verratti_Italy_-a-5_1701594556744.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The home of Michelle and Whitbread in Verratti, Italy, where Michele was found dead<\/p>\n<p>Besides the stab wounds, an autopsy also revealed Michele\u00a0had injuries to her hands, allegedly from trying to fight Whitbread.<\/p>\n<p>Two knives were found at the scene following a search by forensic teams and these are being examined by police as well as material found under her nails.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer Massimiliano Sichetti is defending the interests of Michele and her family and said: &#8216;They just wanted to come and see for themselves where their mother died.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The house had been impounded by the police and prosecutor but that order has now been removed and they were allowed to enter and gather effects.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Former\u00a0diving instructor Whitbread is due in court again on Thursday at Westminster Magistrates for his next extradition hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12819683\/Heartbroken-family-British-grandmother-66-murdered-Italian-dream-home-visit-scene-time-partner-74-arrested-stabbing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE Heartbroken family of British grandmother, 66, murdered at her Italian dream home visit the scene for the first time &#8211; 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