An Italian scientist has been found dead in Colombia, according to local authorities, after several pieces of a human body were discovered lying on a path in the coastal city of Santa Marta on Sunday.

Friends of Alessandro Coatti, 45, reported him missing Saturday, a couple days after he arrived in Santa Marta, the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported. He was staying in a hostel in the city ...

Colombia is one of the most popular destinations ... was found in a suitcase dumped in a stream in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta on Sunday. Police are said to have found only his head, hands ...

after he was found murdered in northern Colombia. Alessandro Coatti's remains were discovered on the outskirts of Santa Marta, a port city on the Caribbean coast, on Sunday, investigators say.

BOGOTA, Colombia — Authorities in the Colombian city of Santa Marta announced a $12,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of those who killed an Italian tourist whose dismembered ...

The body of Alessandro Coatti, 42, was discovered bundled into a suitcase and dumped in a stream in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta, Colombia. The London-based molecular biologist had been working ...