Femicide A1: autopsy confirms Lorena was alive when thrown from the overpass

The autopsy on the body of Lorena Isceri, the 45-year-old woman kidnapped and killed by her ex-boyfriend Federico Vella on the A1 motorway, has determined that the woman was still alive when she was thrown from the motorway viaduct. The examination, performed at the Careggi hospital in Florence, confirmed that death occurred due to the fall from a height of tens of meters. The definitive report from the medical examiner will be delivered within 90 days.

Meanwhile, investigations continue on Vella's body, including toxicological tests to verify the possible intake of narcotic substances. Prosecutor Antonio Natale has ordered the forensic copying of the three seized mobile phones to reconstruct, through calls and messages, the events of the weeks preceding the femicide. Lorena's remains will be returned to her family for the funeral in Squinzano, in the province of Lecce.

In Florence, over a thousand people participated in a vigil in memory of Lorena Isceri outside the victim's home on Via Panciatichi. Mayor Sara Funaro promoted the initiative, highlighting the risk of "normalization" of femicides. Lorena's father, Franco Isceri, renewed his heartfelt appeal: "I hope my daughter is the last victim. The first thing to do is to report it."

The femicide of Lorena Isceri is the latest tragic episode in a long series of gender-based violence in Italy. The story originates from the end of a relationship, a dynamic that unfortunately underlies many similar cases. Lorena Isceri, 45, originally from the province of Lecce but resident in Florence, was kidnapped on Thursday by her ex-boyfriend, Federico Vella, 36, who had previously reported her for stalking.

The situation escalated when Vella, after kidnapping her, locked her in the trunk of his car. During a stop, Lorena managed to call 112, desperately trying to reason with him with words of love and a proposal to get back together. The 20-minute phone call did not calm the man, who instead continued toward the viaduct on the A1. Before carrying out the extreme act, Vella wrote to Lorena's mother informing her of her daughter's death and confessed everything over the phone to his own mother, who then alerted the authorities.

This case reignites the spotlight on the phenomenon of femicides and the difficulties in preventing such tragedies, despite appeals from victims' families and institutions. Lorena's father explicitly called for a law approved unanimously by politicians for the defense of women, highlighting public frustration in the face of the recurrence of these events. The investigation now focuses on the possible premeditation of the act and the reconstruction of the relationship between the two in the days preceding the murder.