Overview
- Preliminary autopsy results indicate the 17-year-old died from trauma sustained in the fall into the canal after being thrown while still alive.
- Investigators have jailed Manna on suspicion of aggravated murder reportedly linked to a rejected approach they describe as a trivial motive.
- Two youths who discovered the body told Rai1 they called 112 after finding Trinchero in the water and said Manna wept at the scene.
- Witnesses reported that Manna initially accused a Black man, who was removed by carabinieri to prevent a possible lynching.
- Reporting cites Manna’s statement to police that he struck Trinchero, put his hands on her neck, and left her to fall, while friends described prior obsessive behavior and an attempted advance two weeks earlier.