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Italian Unabomber DNA Review Clears Suspects, Flags Contamination as Case Heads Toward Closure

Prosecutors in Trieste are expected to seek archiving following a court-ordered analysis that found no match to the 11 suspects.

Overview

  • Experts Giampietro Lago and Elena Pili presented a roughly 300-page superperizia with over 10,000 attachments in a 20 October hearing before the Trieste court.
  • The reanalysis identified five mixed genetic profiles from recovered items, with no correspondence to the 11 named suspects or 52 other tested individuals.
  • Two pairs of hairs were deemed contaminations likely linked to police personnel, and the judge granted the defense request to disclose those individuals’ identities.
  • The case file has been returned to the Trieste prosecutor to decide on releasing the names and whether to request archiving after the negative DNA matches.
  • Elvo Zornitta was effectively removed from the current probe and urged to be left alone, as ANSA notes the last attack’s statute of limitations is about a year away.