Overview
- Investigators have cut the pool of suspects from four or five to two women who are closely related to the victims, according to investigative sources.
- Police say the case centers on a family-related motive, and no arrests have been announced while the inquiry stays active.
- Officers have questioned many relatives, including a third round with Antonella Di Ielsi’s father and brother, and they plan a fourth summons for cousin Laura Di Vita.
- Investigators cite inconsistencies in Laura Di Vita’s prior statements, and a prosecutor, Elvira Antonelli, has been present for planned questioning.
- Forensic work focuses on a suspected homemade poison derived from castor seeds, with planned house searches to look for ricin, a toxin that can be extracted from the plant common in the area.