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Vienna Police Close Inquiry Into Aurora Maniscalco’s Death as Family Seeks Autopsy

They hope that a full forensic review will address lingering doubts over whether her fall was voluntary.

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Overview

  • Austrian investigators concluded that the 24-year-old hostess’s June 22 fall from a third-floor balcony was either accidental or a suicide and have closed the case.
  • Aurora Maniscalco was in her Vienna apartment around 1 a.m. with her boyfriend, assistant pilot Elio Bargione, when she plunged to her death.
  • Toxicology reports found no drugs or alcohol in her system, and police interviews with witnesses and her partner turned up no evidence of outside involvement.
  • Questioning the official findings, her family has filed legal appeals demanding a full autopsy and forensic analysis of Aurora’s phones and electronic devices.
  • A Vienna prosecutor is set to decide this week whether to order those additional examinations before any potential reopening of the investigation.