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Police Seize Devices in Pietracatella Ricin Deaths as Probe Deepens

The shift to device data shows investigators moving from lab results to hands-on judicial work.

Overview

  • Police specialists spent nearly three hours inside the Pietracatella property, searching both the victims’ apartment and the adjoining home of the family matriarch.
  • They seized phones, computers, tablets, USB drives and some documents tied to Sara Di Vita and Antonella Di Ielsi.
  • Prosecutor Elvira Antonelli ordered the sweep, and the digital evidence now heads to the Campobasso lab for forensic analysis.
  • Parties from a parallel case, including five doctors named as suspects and five relatives listed as injured parties, observed the operation in protective gear under strict scene protocols.
  • Investigators also re-interviewed relative and former mayor Gianni Di Vita for several hours recently, as the inquiry advances beyond toxicology that confirmed acute ricin exposure.