One of Italy’s most enduring mysteries — the disappearance of a Vatican schoolgirl 40 years ago — entered a new chapter when her brother met with an investigator whom Pope Francis has given free rein to get to the bottom of the case wherever it may lead.
In January, Vatican chief prosecutor Alessandro Diddi reopened a previous inconclusive Vatican investigation after he inherited files from his retired predecessor.
In an interview in Corriere della Sera ahead of the meeting, Diddi said Pope Francis wants “the truth to emerge without any reservations.” He said the pope had an “iron will” regarding the case. Other reports linked her to the grave of Enrico De Pedis, a mobster buried in a Rome basilica. His tomb was opened in 2012 but nothing was revealed, and in the interview with Corriere della Sera Diddi said the suspected link between the girl’s disappearance and the Rome crime clan had been “over evaluated.”
Two tombs were opened and nothing was found, not even the bones of two 19th-century princesses supposed to be buried there. They apparently had been moved during restructuring work decades before Orlandi was born.In 2018, bones found during groundwork at the Vatican embassy in Rome sparked a media frenzy suggesting they might belong to Orlandi or Mirella Gregori, another teenager who disappeared the same year. DNA tests turned out negative.
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