Femicide Lorena Isceri, autopsy: she was alive when thrown

The autopsy on the body of Lorena Isceri, the 45-year-old woman kidnapped and killed by her ex-boyfriend Federico Vella on September 4th on the A1 highway, has determined that the woman was still alive at the moment she was thrown from the viaduct along the Autostrada del Sole in Barberino di Mugello. Her death therefore resulted from the fall of several dozen meters.

A case file has been opened on the incident for kidnapping with the purpose of aggravated femicide due to premeditation. Prosecutor Antonio Natale has ordered the forensic copying of three seized mobile phones to reconstruct, through phone calls and messages, the events preceding the crime. The victim's funeral will take place tomorrow, September 9th, in her hometown of Squinzano, in the province of Lecce.

The femicide of Lorena Isceri is the latest tragic episode in a long series of violence against women by partners or ex-partners. The case originated on September 4, 2026, when the 45-year-old was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend Federico Vella on the A1 motorway. The dynamics, reconstructed by the investigation, show the man abducting the woman and then throwing her—still alive—from an overpass onto the Autostrada del Sole at Barberino di Mugello, causing her death upon impact.

The protagonists are the victim, Lorena Isceri, and the alleged aggressor, Federico Vella, who is also deceased (an autopsy examination on his body is underway). The investigation, coordinated by prosecutor Antonio Natale, began immediately after the body was found and aims to reconstruct the premeditation through the analysis of seized cell phones. The case file has been opened for kidnapping with the purpose of aggravated femicide, a crime that punishes planned gender-based violence. The immediate consequences are the victim's funeral, while on the judicial front, efforts will be made to ascertain all responsibilities and dynamics, including a possible toxicological examination on Vella.