Overview
- Prosecutors say Federico Vella abducted Lorena Isceri from her Florence garage on September 4 and later threw her from the Barberino di Mugello viaduct, where she died of fall-related injuries.
- Preliminary autopsy results and CT scans show Isceri was alive when she was thrown and that fatal injuries are compatible with a roughly 25‑metre fall, with a written medico‑legal report expected within 90 days.
- Investigators recovered blood traces in the garage, tools and a tarp in the Audi Q3, and say supermarket purchases of ties and tape by Vella point to possible preparation for the abduction.
- A 19‑minute emergency call from inside the trunk captured Isceri asking for help and, in its final seconds, sounds consistent with the trunk being opened; prosecutors have seized multiple phones for forensic imaging to reconstruct movements and messages.
- An autopsy on Vella has been carried out and prosecutors have ordered toxicology tests to determine his state at the time; the case file treats the events as abduction leading to femminicidio, and the family has called for stronger protections for abused women.