Missing Emanuela Orlandi – Vatican Reveals New Clues Hope Titanic Adventurers Survive Fading

On the 40th anniversary of Emanuela Orlandi’s disappearance, the mysterious case seems to be back on track.

The Vatican said on Thursday that Vatican prosecutors had found evidence “worth further investigation” in the course of their investigation. Exact details were not given.

In recent months, “all available evidence in the structures of the Vatican and the Holy See” has been collected, according to a Vatican statement. People were also interviewed who held positions when the then 15-year-old girl disappeared.

The daughter of a Curia officer and a Vatican citizen did not return home from a music lesson in Rome on June 22, 1983 – exactly 40 years ago. A body has never been found. There are many theories about her disappearance. It is alleged that Orlandi was kidnapped to free Pope Mehmet Ali Agca’s assassin, or that secret services were involved. There was also talk of abuse by a Curie official or kidnapping by the mafia.

The Papal States had already launched an official investigation in January. In May, the public prosecutor’s office in Rome decided to take on two investigations. According to a statement, Vatican prosecutor Alessandro Diddi has passed all relevant information to the prosecutor’s office in Rome in recent weeks, “so that they can take a look and move in the direction they think is appropriate.”

“It is a first step that the Vatican has taken,” Ansa news agency quoted Thursday as Pietro Orlandi, Emanuela’s brother, who has been trying to clear up the matter for years. He hopes that the documents provided to the public prosecutor are relevant. “There are many things that need to be settled, my sister deserves truth and justice.” (aeg/sda/dpa)