Tidiane Cheik Diaw, a 27-year-old illegal Senegalese immigrant, was officially arrested for the murder of American artist Ashley Olsen. She was living in Florence, Italy at the time and he claims her death was an accident.
Tidiane Cheik Diaw allegedly confessed to Florence police that he accidentally killed Olsen after consensual sex, and was charged with murder, aggravated by cruelty.
For those of you who haven’t been following the murder investigation, Olsen’s death was reported on Saturday after her boyfriend, Federico Fiorentini, found her dead in Florence’s Santo Spirito neighborhood apartment.
According to Inquisitr,
Ashley was found lying naked on her bed, dead, with scratches on her neck. An autopsy found that Olsen had been strangled with a cord or rope and suffered two fractures to her skull, which would’ve proven fatal. Police found no signs of forced entry in her apartment, no signs of a struggle with her attacker, and tests revealed she’d had sex before her death but hadn’t been sexually assaulted.
After going over more details, police believe that Ashley and Tidiane met at a local bar late Thursday night and left the Monte Carla nightclub together to go back to her home.
Evidence suggests the pair had consensual sex, possibly under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Pending toxicology reports will establish whether either of them had been taking drugs at the time of Ashley’s death.
Olsen’s skull fractures may suggest that, following sex, the pair had a fight. The suspect suggested this possibility, explaining that the row began after she asked him to leave.
“Then he probably slammed [Olsen’s] head against something twice fracturing skill and then strangled her,” said Florence Prosecutor Giuseppe Creazzo.
Tidiane claims that he didn’t mean to kill her, but that he pushed her and she fell, and she hit her head. He also claims that the strangulation marks around her neck formed after he attempted to lift her up.
Olsen had been living in Florence for the past couple of years.
