Overview
- The 57-year-old was discovered in a central Verona apartment packed floor to ceiling with boxes and bags, according to police and firefighters.
- Rescuers forced the door, cleared piled packages that blocked passageways, and then found her on the floor after a laborious search of the cluttered entry.
- Her partner had reported her missing after days without contact, which led carabinieri to the address and prompted the call for firefighting support.
- The working hypothesis is that a sudden collapse of stacked cartons trapped or partially buried her, preventing movement and breathing, though forensic confirmation is pending.
- The Verona prosecutor’s office was notified, neighbors described an entrance narrowed to a sliver, and a psychologist cited extreme hoarding—also called disposophobia—as a condition that can turn living spaces into physical hazards.