Overview

• The Pavia prosecutor’s office has launched a fresh inquiry into Chiara Poggi’s August 2007 killing, naming Andrea Sempio as a new suspect after matching a palm print and trace DNA to him.
• Investigators have secured records from the 2014 extortion case against Don Gregorio Vitali at the Bozzola Sanctuary to examine whether Poggi was silenced over a sexual misconduct secret.
• A judge has broadened the list of individuals ordered to give DNA samples—covering relatives, friends, original forensic teams and associates of both Sempio and convicted ex-boyfriend Alberto Stasi—ahead of a June 17 evidentiary hearing.
• Forensic experts are re-evaluating biological traces, including Y-chromosome material under Poggi’s fingernails and an ecchymotic thigh injury consistent with a heel imprint, to assess the possibility of an accomplice.
• While Sempio’s defense has opted not to seek further specimen collections, prosecutors may still add names based on defense expert requests and emerging leads.