Overview
- Prosecutors in Pavia reopened the 2007 Garlasco homicide probe and in May 2026 identified Andrea Sempio as the sole person currently under investigation for Chiara Poggi’s murder.
- The Procura Generale di Milano is examining Pavia’s file for a possible request to reopen Alberto Stasi’s definitive 16‑year conviction, a step that could lead to suspension of his sentence pending any retrial.
- Investigators have ordered fresh expertises — including contested footprint and shoe‑fit analyses supplied by defence teams — and those technical reports are the central evidence that will shape whether Sempio is indicted.
- Stasi and his mother have publicly maintained his innocence while praising the new investigators; Sempio’s defence disputes the imprint evidence and says filmed shoe tests show his foot did not fit the questioned shoe.
- Some commentators have floated wider conspiracy theories linking the case to international networks or church scandals, but those claims are speculative and not corroborated in the official investigative filings.