Orlandi Case: Fresh probe begins into ossuaries inside Vatican City

Forensic experts extracted bones from two ossuaries within the walls of the Vatican on Saturday as part of an investigation aimed at resolving the case of a girl who vanished in 1983.

Following an anonymous tip-off, the Vatican earlier this month opened two tombs to see if the body of Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican clerk, was hidden there, Reuters reports.

Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year old daughter of a Vatican employee, disappeared mysteriously on June 22, 1983,  on her way home to the Vatican from a music lesson in downtown Rome.  Speculation regarding her disappearance and hypothetical ties with the Vatican have been rife for 36 years.

“At 9 a.m. this morning, operations began regularly at the Teutonic Cemetery as part of the investigation of the Orlandi case,” said a statement by Alessandro Gisotti, the “ad interim” Director of the Holy See Press Office.

Via Vatican News / Reuters / EPA 

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