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| February 12, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Real-life mysteries don't get much better than this. Italian Contessa Francesca Vacca Agusta disappeared from her pink clifftop villa on the Italian Riviera wearing only Gucci sunglasses, a silk robe and high- heeled slippers late Jan. 8. The ex-model, 58, had been under investigation and house arrest for fraud charges related to business dealings she shared with her ex-husband Maurizio Raggio and the late Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi.

Confined to the villa, the bored contessa was often drunk, according to her heirs, live-in lovers Rafael Tirso Roncado Gonzales and Susan Torretta. They claim she fled that night after a lovers' quarrel. An empty whisky bottle was found near a ledge overlooking the sea, and eventually sunglasses, slippers and a blood-stained ...

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