Overview
- Authorities recovered bones and clothing stuffed in plastic sacks from an old well that had been buried under a concrete pour dating to 2019.
- The remains were transferred to the Gorizia morgue, with autopsy and DNA testing underway through Trieste’s medical-legal unit to establish identity and cause of death.
- The partner, Mariuccia Orlando, and her half-brother, Moreno Redivo, are under investigation for homicide and concealment after earlier fraud allegations tied to pension withdrawals.
- Investigators narrowed the search by comparing Google Earth images that showed the well’s sealing and by deploying georadar along with a Carabinieri detection dog that identified the spot.
- Family suspicions over pension withdrawals from 2019 to 2023 led sister Domenica to file a 2023 complaint that triggered the probe, with lawyers for the suspects urging caution pending lab results.