The body of missing Wisconsin student, Beau Solomon, 19, was found in Rome, Italy and the police are investigating his death as a murder. Solomon's body was discovered in Rome's Tiber River and crews pulled him from the water early on Monday morning. Two Italian witnesses said that they had seen a man throwing a person into the Tiber River either on Thursday night or early Friday morning near the Garibaldi Bridge, according to Fox News.

Solomon had an injury to his head and his shirt was bloody. According to local news agency ANSA, the preliminary results of an autopsy indicated that the Wisconsin native had injuries consistent with a fall and spent days in the water.

Solomon was going to attend school at the American college, John Cabot University, located in Rome. On Thursday, June 30, Solomon had gone out to a pub with friends to have a good time, just hours after he arrived in Rome. His roommate notified officials at the school that around 1 a.m. on Thursday night he had lost contact with Beau. Additionally, university officials said that Solomon had not shown up at orientation when he was supposed to on Friday morning, according to The Washington Post. …show more content…
His family contacted a credit card company and they discovered that somebody had used one of Solomon's credit cards, charging thousands of dollars to his account. Approximately $1,700 had been charged at a store in Milan, a city located around 350 miles northwest of Rome. News reports mentioned that Solomon's phone and wallet were missing when his body was recovered, suggesting robbery as a possible motive in his