Yet underneath, he was trying to hold ‌together a carefully built life that seemed to be slipping inexorably out of ⁠control. Advertisement Advertisement"He ​was terrified of being sent back to Morocco," Spinelli said. WARNING SIGNS OF DISTRESSOn June 12, police found Fakir wandering, confused, in Castello ​d'Argile outside Bologna. Fakir had come to Italy from Morocco ​at the age of six, and had lived in Bologna since 1995. Having ‌to lay off eight of his 12 employees had distressed him, his lawyer Spinelli said, yet Fakir hid his anguish from his family.