Italy launches probe into French heiress murder

ROME: Italian police said on Wednesday they are launching an investigation into the possible murder of a French heiress 36 years ago, after fresh revelations emerged from the trial of her former lover. Maurice Agnelet was this week accused by his son of killing Agnes Le Roux, 29, during a camping trip to Monte Cassino in Italy in 1977, in the latest twist in a sensational case which has gripped France.