UNDATED, WI (WTAQ) – The body of a missing University of Wisconsin student has been found in the Tiber River, just shortly after arriving in Italy for an exchange program.
According to university officials, 19-year-old Beau Solomon was last seen in a bar with some friends early Friday morning.
“We express our most heartfelt condolences to the Solomon family and to all those who loved Beau,” said a statement from the John Cabot University, which is based in Rome.
Beau Solomon’s brother, Cole Solomon, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday that investigators are treating the incident as a murder. He said his brother’s body was found with a head wound and blood on his shirt.
He added that thousands of dollars were charged to Beau Solomon’s credit card after his disappearance.
Solomon’s family was in Italy and John Cabot University was in contact with Italian authorities, the U.S. Embassy and his U.S. college, its President Franco Pavoncello told The Associated Press.
The Italian news agency ANSA said two people claimed to have seen a man throw a person into the Tiber the night Solomon disappeared. Later ANSA said the witnesses were two Italians.
Sky TG24 TV reports the witnesses seeing someone pushed into the area on the Tiber near Garibaldi Bridge. That bridge is heavily trafficked, and in that area of the Tiber’s banks, an annual summer fair features artisans selling wares and booths offering food is currently drawing big crowds nightly.
