Pietracatella detective story: negative results for Gianni and Alice Di Vita

The results of the blood tests on Gianni and Alice Di Vita have arrived from Berlin, after the samples taken last July 1st as part of the investigation into the Pietracatella mystery where Antonella Di Ielsi and her daughter Sara Di Vita died from ricin poisoning: according to the experts at the Robert Koch Institute, father and daughter never came into contact with the substance.

Meanwhile, yesterday the prosecutor Elvira Antonelli spoke to Alice Di Vita again. ANSA learns this from qualified sources. The analyzes confirm what has already been ascertained in recent months by the Poison Control Center of Pavia: the German institute - a world-leading center in the field of poisons - has developed particularly advanced techniques capable of identifying traces of ricin even months later and it is for this reason that it was involved in the investigation.

The Larino prosecutor's office had asked the Germans to verify the presence of antibodies and therefore to ascertain a possible exposure to the poison, an exposure which - according to the outcome of these tests which gave negative results - did not exist.