Overview
- Police divers recovered the body of Luigi Cavallari from Lake Vico on Tuesday, August 4, ending the prolonged missing-person search.
- Cavallari had been missing since June 27 after diving from a boat during an outing with his wife, Family Minister Eugenia Roccella.
- Search teams worked for more than a month using sonar, underwater robots and drone support because dense algal deposits and mud made visibility at the lakebed very poor.
- The operation involved specialist dive units from Teramo, Naples and Reggio Calabria, local command teams in Viterbo, firefighters, civil protection, law enforcement and volunteers.
- Authorities are conducting forensic examinations and formal inquiries at the recovery site and the outcome could determine whether further investigative or legal steps follow while the local community processes the result.