Ricin poisoning, Gianni Di Vita taken to the police station after searches

Gianni Di Vita, father of Sara Di Vita and husband of Antonella Di Ielsi, who died last December from ricin poisoning, was taken to the police station. The accountant boarded the car of the flying squad agents at the end of the second search this morning, carried out in a studio he owned in Campobasso. The agents remained inside the office for a long time. They left at 10.45 and with them Gianni Di Vita also got into the car who, at the moment, is not registered in the register of suspects in the Larino Prosecutor's Office file for double murder. According to what was reported by qualified sources, the searches in these hours would have taken place after, in recent days, investigators have collected new elements considered significant to clarify the case. In fact, it would not have been a question of generalized searches, but of activities aimed at acquiring specific material, such as documents or IT devices.

The search in Pietracatella's study

Before the search carried out in the Campobasso office, the agents had searched another Gianni Di Vita office in Pietracatella, located right in front of the family home. The men of the Campobasso flying squad, led by Marco Graziano, remained inside for only a few minutes and left around 9am. It is not clear whether they seized any material or whether they instead carried out other targeted activities. Based on what emerged, other searches would have been ordered following a series of new developments that would have emerged as part of the double murder investigation. Di Vita was also present at the first search carried out this morning. The accountant, former mayor of the Molise town, arrived and left together with the agents. The studio is not under seizure, unlike the house.

Investigations on seized devices

Meanwhile, yesterday the investigations into the computer and ten pen drives seized last July 31st from Gianni Di Vita began at the Campobasso police station. The prosecutor of Larino, Elvira Antonelli, has appointed specialized personnel from the SCO to extrapolate the data contained in the electronic devices. The parties could also participate in the operations: suspects, lawyers, offended parties and consultants. However, only Gianni Alfonso, IT consultant of the lawyer Vittorino Facciolla, the lawyer who assists Gianni Di Vita, showed up. The Prosecutor's Office asked to verify, among other elements, any relationships and links that can be linked to online searches aimed at obtaining ricin by the two victims, as well as data relating to relationships with family members, relatives and friends. The checks also concern any notes on the foods consumed in the days before the illness, any documents, or notes on possible illnesses and contents such as chats, photos, voice recordings, emails, social accounts and data on the locations of the devices. The time span of the research is very broad, ranging from the first switching on of the devices to the day of their last use. The time set to complete the work is 60 days unless extended.