Overview
- Municipal police discovered the 32-year-old’s remains in a wooden chest inside a sealed room during a Dec. 13 follow‑up inspection prompted by neighbors’ reports.
- The body, identified in reporting as Lorenzo Paolieri, showed no obvious external signs of violence in initial checks and was transferred to Careggi’s forensic institute.
- Prosecutors in Florence have seized the house and are investigating the concealment while interviewing family members to assess any responsibilities.
- The elderly mother, found denourished, remains hospitalized, and the other two adult children were questioned and placed in emergency residential care.
- Officials say the family lived in severe isolation without water, electricity or gas and had no prior contact with social or mental‑health services, raising concerns about unnoticed deprivation.