Overview
- A passerby found Martinelli’s body hanging from a tree in Villa di Teolo, roughly a hundred steps from where her purple bicycle had been recovered.
- The site lies along Via Euganea Teolo in a garden area searched earlier by dog teams and firefighters.
- The Padua prosecutor and the investigating magistrate attended the scene as Carabinieri documented evidence and arranged transfer to the Institute of Legal Medicine.
- CCTV and receipts trace her movements on January 6 as she left home, bought two pizzas and a drink, and was last recorded near Villa di Teolo around 22:54–23:07 on her bicycle.
- A 19-year-old witness reported seeing her on foot pushing the purple bike without a phone, and investigators are reviewing phone data and dog-tracking results, including a signal tied to a Teolo cell for about 24 hours and a scent trail that stopped near the bike.