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Udine Prosecutor Orders Autopsy as Psychiatric Evaluation Looms in Gemona Filicide Case

A formal autopsy has been commissioned to establish the precise circumstances of Alessandro Venier’s death

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Overview

  • Lorena Venier and Mailyn Castro Monsalvo face charges of premeditated murder, aggravated concealment of a corpse and exposing a minor to violence.
  • Venier remains in a standard prison facility; Castro Monsalvo is held in a protected mother-and-child center.
  • The victim’s six-month-old daughter has been placed in the custody of her maternal grandparents in Colombia.
  • Prosecutor Claudia Danelon has commissioned an autopsy to clarify the circumstances of the July 25 killing.
  • Defense counsel for Venier has requested a psychiatric evaluation to assess her mental state at the time of the crime.