Orlandi disappearance, third person under investigation: she is the former friend of Accetti

The Rome prosecutor's office has formally placed Gabriella Boggiani under investigation, the third person in the new line of inquiry into the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi. The woman, a former friend of photographer Marco Fassoni Accetti, was heard by the bicameral parliamentary committee of inquiry and confirmed that she made a phone call in 1983, at Accetti's urging, in which she stated she knew where the young Orlandi was located.

Boggiani stated she only learned during the hearing that she was formally under investigation, expressing "a bit of apprehension." She clarified that she made that phone call as a "joke," without knowing the name Orlandi or the gravity of the events that would follow. Her legal position is included in a separate file from that of Accetti, which involves other people from the photographer's circle at the time of the events.

The disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old Vatican citizen, occurred on June 22, 1983, in Rome and is one of Italy's most famous unsolved cases. The incident quickly became intertwined with that of Mirella Gregori, who disappeared a month earlier, and over the years, numerous investigative leads have emerged, including international connections and links to criminal circles.

Marco Fassoni Accetti, a Roman photographer and filmmaker now aged 70, is a key figure: in 2013, he confessed to kidnapping both girls. He is already under investigation in connection with unknown accomplices for kidnapping for extortion and was convicted for the manslaughter of José Garramon, a boy found dead in 1983, the same year as the disappearances. The 1983 phone call, now at the center of attention, was made by Gabriella Boggiani at Accetti's invitation, after Orlandi had already disappeared. The bicameral commission and the prosecutor's office are re-examining these old episodes, trying to clarify whether they were macabre pranks or elements of a more complex picture.