Vigil held to honor student murdered in Rome

The former high school quarterback arrived in Rome on Thursday to spend five weeks studying at John… “The U.S. Embassy stands ready to provide support to Italian authorities investigating his disappearance and death”.

Solomon’s body was found in Rome’s Tiber river, near Ponte Marconi, on Monday morning, three days after he went missing. Now, however, Italian investigators are exploring whether in Solomon’s case it did.

John R. Phillips, the USA ambassador to Italy, also released a statement expressing his condolences following news of Solomon’s death. The teen apparently was found with a large head wound, without his wallet and cellphone. He fought cancer from ages 10 to 12, and took up football, rising through the youth football ranks in his hometown-Spring Green, Wisconsin, a small village 40 miles west of Madison.

John Cabot University confirmed that the body was that of 19-year-old Beau Solomon, who was last seen by his friends in the early hours of Friday morning at a pub in Rome.

Police have looked into the hypothesis that Solomon was robbed, went to the riverbank under a bridge in Trastevere where he got into a scuffle with Galioto, who then pushed him into the Tiber River.

Counseling for students and resources for faculty and staff are available through University Health Services. Being under the influence, the website adds, “increases your chances of being the victim of crime, whether robbery or sexual assault”.

Also in recent years, a young American man died after falling off a streetside ledge and landing on the Tiber’s cement banks.

A homeless man in Rome was charged Tuesday with murder of a US college student who disappeared a week ago only hours after arriving in the city, NBC News reported.

Salomon’s credit card has been charged for more than $1,700, according to Italian media. Another report claimed that €1,500 (US$1,673.85) was spent on the credit card at a Milan shop the following day.

The president of John Cabot, Franco Pavoncello, said the school takes maximum measures to keep its students safe on campus and around its residences, using both Italian soldiers and private security forces.

At UW-Madison, Podesta said that studying overseas offers students advantages that are worth careful preparation to acquire. “Rest easy Beau, we will miss you”.

Protect Students Abroad has advocated for the passage of new laws in Minnesota and Virginia requiring the reporting of deaths and injuries during study abroad programs. With more than five dozen programs in 32 countries, Goucher insists the requirement empowers students “to explore different ways of thinking, communicating, working, learning and living”.