Ricin case in Pietracatella, investigations in three schools: analysis on over 100 computers

Investigations continue into the murder mystery in Pietracatella, in the province of Campobasso, where Antonella Di Ielsi and her fifteen-year-old daughter Sara Di Vita died, poisoned with ricin in December 2025. More than one hundred computers and IPs from three different schools will be subjected to checks.

The institutes targeted by the Prosecutor's Office are those in which four people involved in the affair in different roles worked as teachers or students: Gianni Di Vita's friend, her husband and Antonella and Gianni's two daughters. On October 13th the investigators will go to the Agricultural Institute of Riccia, on Wednesday the 14th to the scientific high school of the same municipality and on Thursday the 15th to the classical high school of Campobasso.

Computer analyses

In the decrees, Prosecutor Antonelli confirmed that, during the investigations, browsing and queries on web platforms of investigative interest emerged, carried out by people not yet identified and referring to the words "poison", "ricin" and similar terms.

The Prosecutor's Office therefore reports the existence of research already identified, without attributing authorship. The operations in schools therefore aim to verify which activities have been carried out through the devices present in the institutes. The flying team has already acquired the identification data of the equipment.