A Morning Like No Other
Gianni Versace was up by 6 AM on the morning of 15 July 1997 to make calls to Milan and do some work before heading out. His destination was News Café, which was only three blocks from his home in Miami – an extravagant villa named Casa Casuarina. Gianni was a regular at the café and exchanged pleasantries with the manger before heading back to his home.
General view of the Casa Casuarina. Photo By Victoria Simpson/Shutterstock
He reached the villa and walked up the five marble steps before putting his key into the lock on the grand Iron Gate. It was at that exact moment that a dark-haired man named Andrew Cunanan walked up the steps behind Gianni and shot him twice – execution-style. He then casually turned around and walked away as though nothing had happened.