An American woman who was found slain in her apartment in Florence hinted weeks earlier on Instagram that she may have had a stalker.
Ashley Ann Olsen, 35, was found naked with scratches and bruises on her neck on Saturday.
Olsen's body was discovered by her boyfriend, an Italian painter, who asked her landlord to open her apartment door after he hadn't heard from his girlfriend in three days.
Olsen first shared a photo on Instagram 12 weeks ago that shows her back, a coffee cup in her hand as she walks her dog.
'I have a #stalker,' she wrote in the caption, adding the hashtags '#stalker #stalkeralert #creeperintheback #creeperpic #weirds***'.
Three weeks later Olsen posted another picture of her flipping off someone while browsing through clothes at the Piazza Santo Spirito.
Two of her hashtags in the caption read #f***off and #creeper'.
Police would not comment on Italian news reports that the woman had been strangled until an autopsy can be performed, but they did confirm the bruises and scratches on her neck.
t has been reported there were no signs of forced entry into the apartment but Olsen's injuries suggested she attempted to fight off her attacker, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Olsen's boyfriend said the couple had an argument and that he had not heard from her, according to La Repubblica Daily.
The boyfriend reportedly arrived at her apartment at about 1.30pm and rang the bell but it went unanswered before he contacted the owner and was let in and discovered her.
He called police but Olsen, who is originally from Summer Haven, Florida, had reportedly been dead for hours.
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