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A man in his 50s is in custody in Rome in connection with the brutal murder of three women, who were all stabbed with a stiletto heel, two of whom were killed during sexual intercourse.
Only one of the victims, 65-year-old trans sex worker Martha Castano Torres, has been identified. Police say she was stabbed with the stiletto heel, then shot several times in the chest. She was found in a pool of blood in her bed.
Her sister told police that she told her she was meeting a client shortly before she was murdered. When she didn’t hear from her sister late Thursday, she went to the apartment where Torres allegedly took clients and found blood outside the apartment. She immediately called police who entered the apartment.