Femicide in Gallura, the trial of the self-confessed Ragnedda begins tomorrow

The opening of the trial for the murder of Cinzia Pinna, the 33-year-old from Castelsardo killed on the night between 11 and 12 September 2025 inside the ConcaEntosa wine estate, between Palau and Arzachena, is scheduled for tomorrow morning in the Court of Assizes in Sassari. The only accused is the self-confessed Emanuele Ragnedda, 41 years old, wine entrepreneur, owner of the estate where the crime took place. Ragnedda, defended by lawyers Luca Montella and Gabriele Satta, is currently in the Bancali prison in Sassari: he must answer for voluntary homicide aggravated by torture and cruelty.

In the early stages of the investigation, carried out by Tempio Pausania prosecutor Noemi Mancini, Rosa Maria Elvo, former partner of the Gallura entrepreneur, and Luca Franciosi, a young maintenance worker and acquaintance of his, also ended up on the list of suspects: both were found to be completely unrelated to the affair and exonerated, after being called into question by Ragnedda himself who, in the case of Franciosi, pointed him out as an accomplice in the operations to conceal the body.

Cinzia Pinna's body was found twelve days after her disappearance, lying near a tree inside the vast Ragnedda estate, many meters away from the house where the feminicide had taken place. According to the prosecution, Ragnedda alone hid the body and organized the crime scene.

Franciosi, represented by the lawyers Nicoletta and Maurizio Mani, joined the civil action, as did the victim's family members, represented by the lawyers Antonella and Nino Cuccureddu.