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New Forensic Simulation Points to Homicide in 2013 David Rossi Death

A TV-commissioned analysis challenges a 2022 La Sapienza/RIS suicide finding by alleging flawed software methods.

Overview

  • Engineer Giuseppe Monfreda’s Virtual Crash reconstruction, calibrated to Rossi’s measurements, concludes he was held by the arms and then released, with the consultancy describing involvement by two people.
  • The model, described as verifiable and replicable, reports an estimated 95% match to the observed fall and asserts the mechanics are incompatible with a voluntary jump.
  • The findings directly contradict the 2022 parliamentary-commissioned superperizia by La Sapienza and the Carabinieri RIS, which deemed the death consistent with suicide.
  • Monfreda and the Le Iene team allege the earlier analysis used an obsolete and unlicensed version of the Virtual Crash software, undermining its ability to simulate articulated body motion.
  • Rossi’s family is demanding a homicide inquiry outside Siena and MP Walter Rizzetto is urging immediate verifications, while the competent Genoa prosecutors have not reopened the case; the full simulation is set to air on Le Iene on Italia 1.