Overview
- Naples prosecutors have added a seventh healthcare worker to the case and now hypothesize manslaughter following the child’s death on February 21.
- Investigators have asked the judge for an incidente probatorio to let court experts evaluate adherence to retrieval, transport and surgical guidelines and the state of the implanted heart.
- NAS officers seized the body and the transplanted organ for autopsy and confiscated the suspects’ phones, delaying the funeral until examinations are completed.
- Inquiry targets include the reported use of dry ice during the Bolzano‑to‑Naples transfer, selection of an older isothermal container despite monitored boxes being available, and potential training gaps, with records also sought in Bolzano and Trento.
- The family’s lawyer alleges the clinical file is incomplete, citing a missing perfusion diary, and has asked to reclassify the case to voluntary homicide, a request that remains the defense’s position.