Pavia Prosecutors Name Cristina Cattaneo as Lawyers Dispute Possible Poggi Exhumation
After the high-profile appointment, the defense forecasts an exhumation, with civil-party counsel contending it would not produce new technical evidence.
Overview
- Andrea Sempio remains under investigation in concorso with an unknown person or with Alberto Stasi, and court-appointed tests to date have found no genetic trace attributable to him.
- Defense lawyer Massimo Lovati says the case is heading toward exhuming Chiara Poggi’s remains following Cattaneo’s engagement by the Pavia prosecutor’s office.
- Civil-party attorney Gian Luigi Tizzoni argues a new exhumation would add no useful data and says prosecutors would bear the moral responsibility for a move that would distress the Poggi family.
- Tizzoni notes the body was previously exhumed and cites multiple medico-legal assessments over the years that ruled out the participation of two perpetrators.
- Current filings report no confirmed “Ignoto 3,” with DNA in the house attributed to Stasi and the victim and other degraded profiles not assignable, as the court prepares for an October 24 hearing before Judge Daniela Garlaschelli.