Pope Francis on Wednesday met with the parents of the American college student found dead this week in a Rome river, the Vatican announced. Francis had a private meeting with Beau Solomon's parents, Nick and Jodi Solomon, just two days after Beau's body was pulled from the Tiber River. The Pope expressed his "feelings of deep sympathy and compassion" and "his closeness in prayer to the Lord for the young man who died so tragically," according to a Vatican statement. The Solomons appeared emotional as they stood with the Pope. Their son arrived in Rome on Thursday, to study abroad...
- 7/6/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Beau Solomon's friends are struggling to wrap their minds around what happened to the 20-year-old University of Wisconsin student whose remains were found in Rome's Tiber River Monday morning - four days after the cancer survivor went missing after arriving in Italy for a study-abroad program hours before. "I can't even begin to grasp that you're gone," writes Rowan McDonnell, one of Solomon's closest friends, in a Facebook posting. "I've never met a person that has been so life changing. The greatest friend that anyone could ask for and I am lucky to have been able to call you my best friend.
- 7/5/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
Beau Solomon's friends are struggling to wrap their minds around what happened to the 20-year-old University of Wisconsin student whose remains were found in Rome's Tiber River Monday morning - four days after the cancer survivor went missing after arriving in Italy for a study-abroad program hours before. "I can't even begin to grasp that you're gone," writes Rowan McDonnell, one of Solomon's closest friends, in a Facebook posting. "I've never met a person that has been so life changing. The greatest friend that anyone could ask for and I am lucky to have been able to call you my best friend.
- 7/5/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
Italian police have arrested a homeless man in connection with the death of an American college student studying abroad in Rome. The suspect is identified as Massimo Galioto, a 40-year-old man from Rome. Police said he was taken into custody because he was "seriously suspected of aggravated homicide for futile motives," according to CBS News. On Friday, 20-year-old Beau Solomon's roommate reported him missing when he failed to return from a night out. Solomon arrived in Rome on Thursday to take summer classes at John Cabot University, a small liberal arts college. Solomon's body was pulled from the Tiber River...
- 7/5/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
Italian police have arrested a homeless man in connection with the death of an American college student studying abroad in Rome. The suspect is identified as a 40-year-old man from Rome. Police said he was taken into custody because he was "seriously suspected of aggravated homicide for futile motives," according to CBS News. On Friday, 20-year-old Beau Solomon's roommate reported him missing when he failed to return from a night out. Solomon arrived in Rome on Thursday to take summer classes at John Cabot University, a small liberal arts college. Solomon's body was pulled from the Tiber River in the Italian capital on Monday,...
- 7/5/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
A University of Wisconsin student who went missing hours after arriving in Rome last Thursday for a study-abroad program has been found dead. The body of Beau Solomon, 20, was pulled from the Tiber River in the Italian capital on Monday, according to John Cabot University, where Solomon was meant to take courses for the summer. "John Cabot University is deeply saddened to announce that the body of Beau Solomon, the missing American visiting student, has been found in the Tiber River," says a statement from the school. "We express our most heartfelt condolences to the Solomon family and to all those who loved Beau.
- 7/4/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
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