The former acting prosecutor of Paola died in Diamante, a place he particularly loved, Francis GreekThe magistrate was 67 years old and had been for some time he was fighting a bad disease. Greco had signed important investigations conducted along the Tyrrhenian coast of the province of Cosenza, managing to unmask, arrest and have the only post-war Calabrese serial killer convicted: Francesco Passalacqua of Santa Maria del Cedro.
Greco had the flair of a thoroughbred investigator and even signed the investigations conducted in 1996 to light on the Buonvicino massacre cost the lives of six people (including an 11-year-old girl) killed by a former carabiniere who was later arrested and convicted.
Franco Greco was also interested in the complex case of the ship “Jolly Rosso” ended up adrift on the coast of Amantea. A strong and combative character, the former public prosecutor had also served in the Lagonegro prosecutor’s office in the final period of his career.