Overview
- Surveillance footage from May 29 shows Samuele Spinelli, visibly disoriented, chased into a Barcelona store and held face-down with his hands bound while security, plainclothes individuals and police intervened.
- Family lawyers say a sedative (reported as midazolam) was injected during medical intervention and that Spinelli suffered cardiac arrest soon after; he died in hospital three days later on June 1.
- Barcelona hospital doctors reported multiorgan failure and toxicology tests that found traces of methamphetamine, a finding the family disputes and says does not explain visible marks on the body.
- Two autopsies have been carried out, one in Barcelona and a second in Florence, and relatives have filed complaints in Spain and Italy while awaiting full medico-legal results.
- The Rome prosecutor opened a formal file on Thursday to add an Italian judicial layer to the existing Spanish inquiry and to review video, medical records and forensic findings that will be decisive for responsibility.