What happened to Emanuela Orlandi? On June 22, 1983, the then 15-year-old did not return home after a music lesson in the old town of Rome. © imago
The girl Emanuela Orlandi has been missing since June 1983. Now the Italian judiciary is reopening the missing person case – there are documents from the Vatican.
Rome – Almost 40 years ago, the then fifteen-year-old did not return home after a music lesson in the old town in Rome – it was June 22, 1983. Despite extensive investigations, there is no trace of the daughter of a high-ranking Vatican employee. Now the public prosecutor's office in Rome is investigating the case – for the third time.
Emanuela Orlandi case: Documents from the Vatican – investigations are reopened
It is a turning point in one of the greatest mysteries in Italian criminal history. This time, the Italian judiciary wants to cooperate with the prosecutors in the Vatican. The new investigation into the Emanuela Orlandi case has been entrusted to prosecutor Stefano Luciani, Italian media report unanimously.
Documents, files and reports from the last decades as well as the protocols of witness statements, which had been conducted in recent weeks by the judicial commissioner in the Vatican with clergy, are to be re-examined. Is there a hot lead this time? In 2015, the Italian judiciary last closed the case.
- June 22, 1983: Immediately after Emanuela's disappearance in 1983, the first investigations are opened by the Italian judiciary and closed in 1997.
- 2008: Italy resumes the second investigation into the Emanuela Orlandi case. According to Sabrina Minardi, a mistress of the head of the Roman Magliana clan, the case returned to the spotlight. Enrico De Pedis should therefore be involved in the case. The investigations were closed in 2015 without result.
- 2023: The public prosecutor's office of Rome investigates again in the missing Orlandi case – in cooperation with the Vatican.
... to learn the truth about Emanuela
Laura Sgró, lawyer for the Orlandi family
"We hope for a loyal cooperation between the Rome prosecutor's office and the Vatican in the search for the truth," said Laura Sgró, lawyer for the Orlandi family, as reported by the Italian news agency Ansa. "The resumption of the investigation is good news that we have been waiting for years to know the truth about Emanuela," Sgrò said.
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Emanuel's brother Pietro Orlandi is not left alone by the uncertain fate of his sister. For decades, he has been committed to finding the truth. Most recently, Orlandi caused controversial discussions with an appearance on a TV show. The brother of the missing person made serious accusations against the late Pope John Paul II. Orlandi had apparently pushed into a wasp's nest, it was said in the Italian press. Pope Francis reacted snubbed to this suspicion.
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In January 2023, the Vatican responded to public pressure and reopened the case. Since then, the public prosecutor's office of the Papal States has been investigating again, thus following the family's wishes. The release of the Netflix series "Vatican Girl" put additional pressure. The pontiff himself also advocated investigations "without consideration", as Merkur.de reports.
According to Corriere della Sera, the new investigation is based primarily on information provided by former prosecutor Giancarlo Capaldo, according to which two Vatican representatives had promised him to reveal the whereabouts of Orlandi's body. In 2019, the Vatican had opened two ossuaries in search of the remains of the missing. According to the investigators, however, only old bones were found in it. (ml with material from afp)
