The mother of slain Florida nurse Linda Campitelli revealed new details of her daughter’s tragic slaying — including that she was bludgeoned to death with a tire iron during an alleged birthday tryst. “What kind of human does that? Animals don’t even do that,” Edina Russo, Campitelli’s mother, told The Daily Mail . Campitelli was found dead just 50 feet away from her husband’s car in October 2024. Rene Perez, her married ex-co-worker she was allegedly engaged in an affair with, is accused of