If the male genetic profile, a hair's breadth, found in the bag containing Manuela Murgia's boots is not traceable to her ex-boyfriend, Enrico Astero, now 54, under investigation for the young woman's voluntary homicide, then whose is it? An answer to this question, in the thirty-year mystery surrounding the sixteen-year-old's death in the canyon of the Tuvixeddu necropolis on February 5, 1995, could come from a request for further genetic comparisons, including those who had contact with the girl in the final days of her life.

"A request," emphasizes lawyer Bachisio Mele, who represents the young woman's family along with lawyers Giulia Lai and Maria Filomena Marras, "that we could put forward during the discussion of the expert report on January 29th, during the preliminary hearing." But another detail emerges from the 278-page document from the Cagliari RIS: the broken belt is consistent with compression of the girl's body and was not cut or broken.

Further details in Matteo Vercelli's article, available on newsstands today and on the L'Unione Digital app.

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