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12-Year-Old Dies in Fall From Marcianise School as Police Examine Possible Voluntary Act

Investigators are assessing a suspected voluntary act after a note saying "Mi dispiace" was found on her desk.

Overview

  • The second-grade middle-school student fell from the second floor of the Istituto 'Aniello Calcara' in Marcianise on Thursday morning and was pronounced dead despite prolonged resuscitation attempts by 118 medics.
  • Early reconstructions indicate she asked to leave class to go to the bathroom, then reached rear emergency stairs or a window before the fall of about ten meters.
  • Police cordoned the area and are conducting forensic inspections and witness interviews to determine the exact point and dynamics of the fall.
  • Prosecutors in Santa Maria Capua Vetere have opened an inquiry, and the school has suspended some activities to facilitate the investigation.
  • School leadership kept pupils in classrooms and arranged a safe exit route, with psychological support provided to the family and students as local officials offered condolences.