Human remains found near Vatican’s embassy could solve mystery of missing girl, 15, whose disappearance in 1983 has been linked to Pope assassination plot
Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican Bank employee, was last seen leaving her music lesson in Rome on a summer's day 35 years ago
HUMAN remains unearthed at the Vatican’s Embassy to Italy may hold the key to solving the mystery of an Italian teen girl who vanished 35 years ago.
Bone fragments were discovered during construction work at the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See to Rome in the posh neighbourhood of Parioli, the Vatican said late yesterday.
Experts are still working to determine the age, gender and date of death of the remains.
But detectives will be looking in particular at whether they are a DNA match for Emanuela Orlandi — the daughter of a Vatican employee at the centre of one of Italy’s darkest mysteries.
The 15-year-old was last seen on June 22, 1983, leaving her music lesson in Rome.
Her dad was an employee of the Institute for the Works of Religion, more commonly known as the Vatican Bank.
The Vatican has repeatedly said that it has co-operated fully with police investigating the case.
Recently, a top Italian reporter caused a stir when he published a document stolen from a locked Vatican cabinet suggesting the Holy See was involved.
The document seemed to be written by a cardinal and listed supposed expenses for Orlandi’s upkeep after she vanished.
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