New TV series investigates the sensational murders of fashion icons Gucci and Versace
The first episode of 'People Magazine Investigates: Crimes of Fashion' answers the many questions surrounding Maurizio Gucci's death: Why was he killed and, more importantly, who would've wanted him killed. The fashion mogul was brutally shot and killed in his office building in Milan early on March 27, 1995. Witnesses who were present at the time of the incident said that the gunman was as stylish as the 46-year-old man but deadly. The hitman fatally shot the mogul in the face after shooting him once in the back and once in the shoulder with a 7.65-mm handgun. Prosecutor Carlo Nocerino, the one who led the investigation into Gucci's death, said: "The killer was a professional."
The episode is titled 'Assassination of Maurizio Gucci' and it is the first installment in the new series that explores the dark side of the fashion industry and premiered on Investigation Discovery on July 16. In the episode, the people who are the closest to the iconic Gucci family and the murder case reveal startling details about the crime and the events that eventually led to the arrests of the mogul's ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani and her four accomplices which included her psychic. The Assassination of Maurizio Gucci also details the shocking turn of events when the accomplices turned on Reggian when she failed to give them a promised sum of $300,000.