Overview

• The Procura di Pavia has appointed forensic anatomopathologist Cristina Cattaneo to reassess medico‑legal questions in the 2007 killing of Chiara Poggi.
• Her review is expected to test wound‑weapon compatibility against metal items recovered in the Tromello canal and to examine RIS 3D reconstructions of the crime scene.
• An exhumation has not been ordered, but defense attorney Massimo Lovati publicly predicts it, while the Poggi family’s lawyer Gian Luigi Tizzoni warns it would add no technical value and carry moral costs.
• If authorized, it would be the second exhumation since 2007, as the body was previously disinterred early in the case for additional checks.
• Forensic work continues with RIS completing 3D mapping and genetic analyses proceeding under incidente probatorio for October hearings, as Andrea Sempio remains under investigation with no genetic trace of him reported so far and experts debate whether more than one weapon or person was involved.