Manuela Murgia, the DNA isn't Astero's: "A nightmare is coming to an end." A clash over alleged sexual assault.
The preliminary investigation clears the victim's ex-boyfriend, the only suspect. But coroner Demontis reiterates: "The only certainty is that she didn't commit suicide by jumping into the canyon."Per restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
The evidentiary hearing related to the investigation into the death of Manuela Murgia , the sixteen-year-old found dead in the Tuvixeddu Canyon, has concluded before the preliminary investigations judge Giorgio Altieri.
The position of the only suspect, her ex-boyfriend Enrico Astero, is greatly eased, given that the RIS expert report has excluded the presence of his biological traces on the young woman's clothes and underwear , recovered thirty years after the autopsy.
The question of sexual assault, or at least intercourse, prior to the death has been highly debated. According to defense consultant General Luciano Garofano , there is no evidence to suggest that it was not only connected to Astero but to any other male subject.
The family's medical examiner Roberto Demontis has a different opinion, according to whom sexual violence is far from excluded .
«For me a nightmare is coming to an end - he commented to Astero at the end of the evidentiary hearing - I'm starting to see the light» .
The case is now back in the hands of Public Prosecutor Guido Pani, who will have to decide whether to continue the investigation or proceed with a third dismissal, following the first two, which also suggested the girl's suicide. It seems likely, however, that the deputy prosecutor will request a further forensic medical report that will then definitively establish how the sixteen-year-old died.