A German tech consultant was detained at Rome’s Ciampino airport by Italian officials early this week after his wife vanished from their vacation cruise and he failed to tell anyone.
Daniel Belling, 45, wife Li Yinglei, 36, and their two young children began a 10-day Mediterranean cruise Feb. 10 on the Magnifica cruise ship in Civitavecchia, Italy, the Irish Times reported. Li disappeared at some point but it didn’t come to light until cruise workers did a head count of disembarking passengers on Monday. Maritime authorities alerted police. Now Belling has been arrested on suspicion of murder and will be charged in an Italian court.
His lawyer indicated to the Telegraph that there’s a perfectly good explanation for what happened though didn’t provide one. He says Belling would have behaved differently had he been a killer.
“He simply headed to Ciampino airport with his children [ages 4 and 6] to catch the flight that he had booked when he first organized the cruise,” said attorney Luigi Conti. He added that his client will explain what happened in court.
The last time anyone remembers seeing Belling’s wife was Feb. 10. The owner of tourist shop in Genoa said an angry Belling entered after his wife and children. “He was agitated. He pulled out of a rucksack a pair of gym shoes and yelled at the woman. He said, ‘Put these on instead of your sandals and shut up,’” the owner told La Stampa.
The Magnifica was stopped mid-cruise Wednesday evening so investigators could examine the room where the couple was staying, the Irish Sun reported.
Belling works as a tech consultant whose clients include Apple, according to the Telegraph. He’s a German citizen but lives in Dublin. He was stopped by Italian authorities about to board a flight to Dublin Monday.
The couple’s children have been turned over to Italian social services.
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