Overview
- The Corte d’Assise of Como on Feb. 4, 2026 convicted Giuseppe Calabrò and Demetrio Latella of aggravated voluntary homicide, declaring the kidnapping-for-extortion charge time‑barred.
- Judges acquitted Antonio Talia because he did not commit the crime.
- The case was revived after a 2006 AFIS match linked a handprint on the victim’s Mini to Latella, followed by self‑incriminating statements and action by Milan’s anti‑mafia prosecutors.
- The court imposed lifelong interdiction from public office and ordered a provisional €600,000 payment to each sibling, with full civil damages to be determined separately.
- Cristina Mazzotti, 18, was abducted on June 30, 1975 in Eupilio and found dead on Sept. 1 in Galliate; a fourth defendant, ’ndrangheta figure Giuseppe Morabito, died during proceedings.