Son offers $10,000 reward to help solve Cortes Island murder of artist Stefano Savioli
The son of artist Stefano Savioli, who was murdered on Cortes Island in 2010, is offering a reward in hopes of solving the cold case. Tess van Straaten reports.
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''Cortes Island is a peaceful place but the serenity was shattered nine years ago when wealthy artist Stefanio Savioli was killed in his secluded, hill-top cabin.
It happened in August of 2010 and friends say the 60-year-old was brutally murdered in his bed.
“We saw the blood,” says close friend Stefano Perdisa. “You could stand in the loft and there was some blood spray on the ceiling of his roof.”
RCMP aren’t releasing any information about the case, which remains unsolved, so Savioli’s son in Italy is now appealing for help''.
Linda Solomon 11 Aug 2010The Vancouver Observer
Detail of painting by Stefano Savioli, from Cortesisland.com.
''Occasionally, his paintings contained figures that resembled other islanders. The depictions weren’t flattering. Others exuded Stefano Savioli’s love of his subjects. All of his paintings conveyed powerful, often disturbing messages about class, repression and the overpowering beauty of Cortes Island, his home of many years.''