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Rome Opens Tunnels Under Casa del Jazz in Search Linked to 1994 Judge’s Disappearance

Radio scans confirmed a masonry tunnel under the former Villa Osio, triggering urgent excavations to test decades-old leads on the cold case.

Overview

  • Excavators are being deployed today to reach a 15‑meter‑deep gallery identified by radio‑scanner surveys beneath the Casa del Jazz in Rome.
  • Carabinieri, state police, Guardia di Finanza, bomb disposal specialists and molecular-detection dogs are on site due to potential hazards including hidden explosives.
  • Investigators are inspecting previously unsearched galleries for possible human remains, as well as weapons, explosives or documents tied to the 1994 disappearance of Judge Paolo Adinolfi.
  • The site sits on property once linked to Enrico Nicoletti of the Banda della Magliana, and the new checks follow years of requests by ex-judge Guglielmo Muntoni and testimony reported from pentito Francesco Elmo.
  • A prior probe in 1996 halted after a tunnel collapse and lack of funds, and Adinolfi’s family says it was scarcely consulted and is asking for privacy as no findings have been announced.