Ariccia, Denise Cosco took her own life: the daughter of justice witness Lea Garofalo was 35 years old

“Now I can show your face and your beautiful eyes.” Only now that she is no longer here, Denise Cosco, the daughter of justice witness Lea Garofalo, recovers the right to have a face. To show it. Her aunt, Marisa Garofalo, does it for her, with a post on social media that summarizes the girl's battle in a few lines. Against the 'Ndrangheta who took away her mother and a normal life, against the world from which she had to hide to survive. Maybe even against herself. «No one will be able to decide for you anymore, you will no longer have to hide», writes Marisa Garofalo to that niece forced to hide her identity and her history all her life, to hide behind cover names and identities to avoid being hunted by her own family, which is one of the most ferocious clans of Petilia Policastro's 'Ndrangheta. They had also condemned Denise, guilty - a repentant person put it on record - of the same "stain" as her mother: pointing the finger at her father and uncles who killed her in a courtroom. "Once again you have chosen your beloved mother - we read in the post of the aunt, who had not been able to see her niece for four years - no one will be able to separate you anymore".

Denise chose to leave at 35, exactly the same age as her mother when she was killed. «He carried an inhuman weight on his shoulders – states the dem senator Enza Rando on social media, who as a lawyer assisted first Lea Garofalo, then her daughter – the pain of loss, the void of questions that will never be answered and the internal monsters with which those who remain are forced to live». Those from which perhaps he wanted to free himself, flying down from the third floor of his house in Ariccia, where he lived together with his partner and his 4-year-old son.

A voluntary gesture, the Velletri prosecutor's office led by Carlo Villani seems to have no doubts about this. But we want to understand if something could have influenced the girl, which is why we are proceeding with incitement to suicide, currently borne by unknown persons. The autopsy, carried out yesterday, showed no defensive wounds or signs to suggest that someone pushed her. The results of the toxicology test are awaited and the girl's partner will be heard shortly.

Last Sunday he was noticed by the municipality in the central square of Ariccia, packed with people for the annual festival. He was impaired, drunk, perhaps under the influence of some substance. He threatened, he talked excessively, evoking the criminal power of Denise's father, with whom the girl had begun a path of reconciliation over the last year.

The police want to understand more, which is why they asked the municipality for a report, awaiting the clarifications that he will have to give. But we will have to wait for him to get clear again.