GUILTY NY - Andrea Zamperoni, 33, chef at Cipriani Dolci, Queens, 17 Aug 2019 *Arrest*

[mom2four717]

This is very sad. Chefs have close to zero time for themselves. AZ clearly worked his tail off. He was an accomplished chef and quite respected.

I dislike that the circumstances of death will sully his good name

 

[firebird]

This is very sad. Chefs have close to zero time for themselves. AZ clearly worked his tail off. He was an accomplished chef and quite respected.

I dislike that the circumstances of death will sully his good name

He sullied his own good name. The "hotels" by LaGuardia are notoriously not your average hotels.

 

[CharlestonGal]

Article from yesterday. Translated from Italian.

"The feeling and the idea that Andrea Zamperoni, the Italian chef who died last Wednesday in New York, is getting in the wrong place at the wrong time. The police are investigating the tragic death of the 33-year-old from the province of Lodi, who has been traveling around the world for years in the famous Cipriani restaurants, but at the moment no clues have emerged. The sure thing is that an autopsy was arranged on the corpse of our compatriot, even if when the autopsy examination takes place it is not known. "Unfortunately we cannot provide a timing right now," said Aja Worthy-Davis, director of the Chief Medical Examiner's office. As already specified in the focus below, there are many question marks that need to be answered, starting with why Andrea found himself in that not-so-recommendable motel. The head chef was seen getting on a Uber car on the night of last Saturday, August 17th, but to go where, and above all, to meet who? Perhaps the taxi driver could be one of the key witnesses to the story. "

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[CharlestonGal]

"Casalpusterlengo (Lodi), 26 August 2019 - Distressing hours of waiting, hoping for a turnaround in the investigation, for the family of 33-year-old chef Andrea Zamperoni , found dead in New York . "There is no new news, for autopsy we don't know yet - uncle Renato Dosi explains - The only certain thing is that Andrea will come home but we don't know when, we wait for information". Thus continues the anxiety over the silence of the Nypd investigators, in the hope that the Prosecutor's Office of Lodi will instead be able to get information using the special cognitive file already open."

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[CharlestonGal]

"A law enforcement source says a woman is under arrest in connection to three deaths -- including a head chef of a well-known NYC restaurant who was found dead last week.

Angelina Barini, 41, is facing charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one or more substances containing fentanyl, according to court documents.

An indictment says she is linked to the recent deaths of three men in Queens: A July 4 death at the Airway Inn at LaGuardia, a July 11 death at the Crown Motor Inn in Woodside and the Aug. 21 death at the Kamway Lodge in Elmhurst -- identified in the court documents as John Doe 3.

A law enforcement source says John Doe 3 is 33-year-old Andrea Zamperoni who was found dead last Wednesday, wrapped in a blanket at a Queens hotel that was a known drug and prostitution location."

Source: Prostitute arrested in 3 deaths, including head chef found dead in Queens

 

[CharlestonGal]

"Barini told investigators she is a prostitute and that Zamperoni had paid her for sex, according to the court documents. She said he was given liquid ecstasy and did not wake up.

She is scheduled to make her first court appearance in Brooklyn on Monday afternoon."

Source: Prostitute arrested in 3 deaths, including head chef found dead in Queens

 

[CharlestonGal]

Liquid ecstasy? Sounds like a drug & rob scheme.

 

[Kittybunny]

This is very sad. Chefs have close to zero time for themselves. AZ clearly worked his tail off. He was an accomplished chef and quite respected.

I dislike that the circumstances of death will sully his good name

Agree. My boyfriend wore himself almost into the ground at a restaurant much less prestigious and demanding than this, and the restaurant/bar industry is rife with drug use that people use to cope with all the pressure. Before all the details came out, I really thought it would be suicide. Also not that uncommon for chefs.

Glad they have the woman off the streets. She sounds like quite the Black Widow Drug Dealer.

 

[CharlestonGal]

Agree. My boyfriend wore himself almost into the ground at a restaurant much less prestigious and demanding than this, and the restaurant/bar industry is rife with drug use that people use to cope with all the pressure. Before all the details came out, I really thought it would be suicide. Also not that uncommon for chefs.

Glad they have the woman off the streets. She sounds like quite the Black Widow Drug Dealer.

Andrea may not have been a drug user, hence the overdose. It could be that this prostitute routinely drugs customers, then robs them. She may have gotten a bad batch of something, which killed three of them.

Men generally do not report prostitute drug & rob cases to the police. It's surprisingly common.

 

[CharlestonGal]

"A sex worker has been tied to the drug-overdose deaths of three men—including the head chef of a Cipriani restaurant in Manhattan, who was found stuffed inside a garbage can.

A criminal complaint filed in federal court charges Angelina Barini, 41, plied her clients with narcotics, including the powerful opioid fentanyl, during rendezvous at seedy hotels in New York City.

In the span of a week, two of the johns died—but Barini and her pimp allegedly continued to drug her customers, and even robbed some of them once they were incapacitated, authorities said in court papers."

Sex Worker Tied to Drug Deaths of Cipriani Chef, Two Others

 

[CharlestonGal]

“Shortly after Barini opened the door, law enforcement authorities smelled a strong odor consistent with the smell of a dead body and burning incense,” a Homeland Security Investigations agent wrote in an affidavit.

“Barini stated in sum and substance and in part that she did not do it, her pimp made her do it and it was not her.

“In the corner of the room, law enforcement authorities noticed what appeared to be a garbage can with bed linens stuffed inside and what appeared to be a bare human foot sticking out of the bed linens.”

Sex Worker Tied to Drug Deaths of Cipriani Chef, Two Others

 

[moonriverfarm]

Wait - who was stuffed into a garbage can? i thought he was found wrapped in a blanket.

 

[CharlestonGal]

According to the complaint, Zamperoni died on Aug. 18—the cause of death is pending toxicology reports—after Barini reportedly gave him liquid ecstasy.

"Barini claimed her pimp would not let her call police. Instead, he and others came to the room and discussed cutting up the body—and investigators did find a power saw, an empty suitcase, and bleach in the room, although there was no “external trauma” to Zamperoni’s body.

Barini is charged with conspiracy to distribute substances containing fentanyl."

Sex Worker Tied to Drug Deaths of Cipriani Chef, Two Others

So Andrea was deceased on Sunday.

 

[Inthedetails]

"A sex worker has been tied to the drug-overdose deaths of three men—including the head chef of a Cipriani restaurant in Manhattan, who was found stuffed inside a garbage can.

A criminal complaint filed in federal court charges Angelina Barini, 41, plied her clients with narcotics, including the powerful opioid fentanyl, during rendezvous at seedy hotels in New York City.

In the span of a week, two of the johns died—but Barini and her pimp allegedly continued to drug her customers, and even robbed some of them once they were incapacitated, authorities said in court papers."

Sex Worker Tied to Drug Deaths of Cipriani Chef, Two Others

THREE deaths in a short amount of time?! Honestly, a high-profile case like Andrea's missing-person case might have saved the lives of even more victims. What a horrendous situation.

Still, the question lingers....for how long was his body dead in that hostel room??

jmo

 

[CharlestonGal]

Wait - who was stuffed into a garbage can?

Andrea.

 

[CharlestonGal]

THREE deaths in a short amount of time?! Honestly, a high-profile case like Andrea's missing-person case might have saved the lives of even more victims. What a horrendous situation.

Still, the question lingers....for how long was his body dead in that hostel room??

jmo

Sunday, August 18th.

 

[Inthedetails]

Wait - who was stuffed into a garbage can?

Andrea was.

"In the corner of the room, law enforcement authorities noticed what appeared to be a garbage can with bed linens stuffed inside and what appeared to be a bare human foot sticking out of the bed linens.”
Sex Worker Tied to Drug Deaths of Cipriani Chef, Two Others

 

[Inthedetails]

Sunday, August 18th.

So we know he died Sunday? I haven't seen it confirmed yet that he had been dead since Sunday before the body was discovered on the Wednesday, but I am still catching up with the articles. If you have a link with the date of death confirmed by ME, please post. tia

 

[CharlestonGal]

"According to the criminal complaint filed on Monday, authorities said that between July and August law enforcement authorities, have been investigating several lethal drug overdoses that have occurred in New York City hotel rooms in which Barjni allegedly drugged and then robbed the men after they were dead."

Alleged Prostitute Charged In Connection To Death Of Head Chef At Renowned NYC Restaurant

 

[CharlestonGal]

So we know he died Sunday? I haven't seen it confirmed yet that he had been dead since Sunday before the body was discovered on the Wednesday, but I am still catching up with the articles. If you have a link with the date of death confirmed by ME, please post. tia

"According to the complaint, Zamperoni died on Aug. 18—the cause of death is pending toxicology reports—after Barini reportedly gave him liquid ecstasy."

Sex Worker Tied to Drug Deaths of Cipriani Chef, Two Others