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Rome Prosecutors Reopen 1994 Di Veroli Murder Inquiry to Reexamine Evidence

A family petition has driven prosecutors to apply modern forensic methods to retest key evidence preserved in the victim’s sealed wardrobe.

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Overview

  • Prosecutor Valentina Bifulco formally reopened the cold case on July 22, 2025, authorizing new forensic analyses at the request of Di Veroli’s relatives.
  • Carabinieri investigators have retrieved small-caliber shell casings, a bullet fragment and latent fingerprints from the silicone-sealed wardrobe where the body was found.
  • Advanced techniques will be applied to match latent prints on the wardrobe door and millimeter-scale ballistic evidence to potential suspects.
  • Antonella Di Veroli was shot twice in the head and died of asphyxiation under a sealed nylon bag after being locked inside her Talenti district apartment wardrobe.
  • Early inquiries focused on photographer Vittorio Biffani—acquitted definitively by the Court of Cassation—and on Umberto Nardinocchi, who was dismissed from the case shortly after initial questioning.