(ANSA) - Rome, May 14 - Investigators uncovered unidentified
human remains Monday near the tomb of Enrico 'Renatino' De Pedis
after opening the coffin of the notorious Rome gang boss, linked
to the disappearance of the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican
employee nearly 30 years ago.
The remains, which must now undergo identification analysis, were found during an inspection of the crypt at the Roman basilica of Saint Apollinaire where the Magliana gang kingpin was buried in 1990 after being gunned down.
In 2008 reports were leaked to the press that his girlfriend had allegedly accused the gang boss of killing Emanuela Orlandi, a teenage Vatican citizen who went missing in 1983. Anonymous calls to the press over the years have called on inspectors to look inside De Pedis' coffin to see whose body was inside. "I really hope that the truth comes to the surface," said Orlandi's cousin Pasquale Lo Russo moments before finger prints confirmed De Pedis' identity earlier Monday.
"Today something very important is being verified thanks to the stubborn insistence first of Emanuela's father and then her brother Pietro".
The remains, which must now undergo identification analysis, were found during an inspection of the crypt at the Roman basilica of Saint Apollinaire where the Magliana gang kingpin was buried in 1990 after being gunned down.
In 2008 reports were leaked to the press that his girlfriend had allegedly accused the gang boss of killing Emanuela Orlandi, a teenage Vatican citizen who went missing in 1983. Anonymous calls to the press over the years have called on inspectors to look inside De Pedis' coffin to see whose body was inside. "I really hope that the truth comes to the surface," said Orlandi's cousin Pasquale Lo Russo moments before finger prints confirmed De Pedis' identity earlier Monday.
"Today something very important is being verified thanks to the stubborn insistence first of Emanuela's father and then her brother Pietro".
