Overview
- Investigators in Larino have opened a formal inquiry for premeditated double homicide and on Tuesday recalled Gianni and his daughter Alice Di Vita to the Squadra Mobile for further questioning.
- Police have summoned a 90‑year‑old aunt who prepared a cake taken to the family home on December 24 because that dessert is now a focus as a possible vehicle for a suspected ricin exposure.
- Only the mother, Antonella Di Ielsi, and her daughter Sara showed symptoms compatible with ricin poisoning after the late‑December meals, a pattern that investigators say points to a targeted administration of a toxin.
- Forensic work is expanding: authorities have seized phones, computers and a router from the house, finished data extraction on two victim phones, and added two external experts to review toxicology and chemical‑forensic findings.
- Definitive autopsy results have been postponed to June 30 and prosecutors say the case remains against unknown suspects while investigators continue technical, digital and witness inquiries that could change the scope of the probe.