Overview
- On 2 November 1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini was found beaten and run over at Ostia near Rome, a crime that remains legally unresolved 50 years later.
- Teenager Giuseppe “Pino” Pelosi confessed, was convicted in 1976, then later recanted and in 2005 alleged three Sicilian-speaking men carried out the fatal attack.
- Investigators reopened the case in 2010 after blood on Pasolini’s clothes was shown not to be Pelosi’s, but they closed it in 2015 because the DNA could not be matched and the stains’ timing was unclear.
- Forensic work identified traces from at least five men and found no Pelosi blood in the Alfa Romeo, and a police informant reported that two Sicilian brothers in the far-right scene had boasted of involvement.
- Pelosi died in 2017 and the judiciary rejected a new bid to reopen the case in March 2023, as Italy marks the 50th anniversary with commemorations that draw interest across the political spectrum, including from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.