{"id":29213,"date":"2025-04-09T07:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T11:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29213"},"modified":"2025-04-09T07:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T11:44:08","slug":"alessandro-coatti-body-of-london-scientist-found-dismembered-in-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/04\/09\/alessandro-coatti-body-of-london-scientist-found-dismembered-in-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Alessandro Coatti: Body of London scientist found dismembered in Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tributes have been paid to a &#8220;passionate and dedicated&#8221; former Royal Society of Biology (RSB) scientist whose dismembered body parts have been found in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>Some of Alessandro Coatti&#8217;s remains were found in a black suitcase, said investigators in Santa Marta, a port city on northern\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/colombia-5915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Colombia&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Caribbean coast.<\/p>\n<p>A reward of nearly \u00a39,000 has been offered by the city&#8217;s mayor for information that leads to the capture of those responsible.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Pinedo Cuello said on X the crime &#8220;will not go unpunished&#8221; and pledged to pursue those responsible &#8220;until they are brought to justice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Coatti studied a master&#8217;s course at University College London (UCL) and spent eight years as the RSB&#8217;s science policy officer before being promoted to senior science policy officer.<\/p>\n<p>He left the RSB at the end of 2024 to volunteer in Ecuador and travel in South America.<\/p>\n<p>The RSB said it was &#8220;devastated&#8221; by his death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was a passionate and dedicated scientist, leading RSB animal science work, writing numerous submissions, organising events and giving evidence in the House of Commons,&#8221; it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ale was funny, warm, intelligent, loved by everyone he worked with, and will be deeply missed by all who knew and worked with him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our thoughts and best wishes go out to his friends and family at this truly awful time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Santa Marta is a gateway to some of Colombia&#8217;s most popular tourist destinations.<\/p>\n<p>These include Tayrona National Park, Minca, and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains.<\/p>\n<p>Source: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sky-news-logo-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sky-news-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Sky News\" width=\"100\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/alessandro-coatti-tributes-to-london-scientist-after-body-found-dismembered-in-colombia-13344953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Tributes have been paid to a &#8220;passionate and dedicated&#8221; former Royal Society of Biology (RSB) scientist whose dismembered body parts have been found in Colombia. 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