Overview
- The family announced on national television that the Procura di Potenza has reopened an active inquiry focused on the circumstances of Elisa Claps’s body being concealed in the Chiesa della Santissima Trinità.
- Investigators are conducting new technical analyses and revisiting statements given after the 2010 discovery to identify anyone who may have helped or covered for Restivo.
- Forensic work previously linked Danilo Restivo to Elisa through DNA found on a white sweater, and Restivo is serving a UK sentence with an additional 30‑year Italian term to follow.
- Elisa’s family accuses parish and diocesan actors of non‑cooperation and omission, alleging that Restivo had access to the church and that key questions about how the body remained hidden remain unanswered.
- Prosecutors face legal limits because some related offences may be time‑barred, but the reopening could prompt new witness cooperation, renewed scrutiny of church records, and further technical evidence that reshapes the judicial record.