The former general Garofano heard as a witness by the Pavia Prosecutor's Office on the murder of Chiara Poggi

Luciano Garofano, the former general of the Carabinieri who in 2007, when Chiara Poggi was killed, commanded the RIS of the Carabinieri, was heard today, 25 September, as a witness by the Pavia Prosecutor's Office for over an hour. He himself confirmed this to Ansa, specifying however that he could not "reveal anything". The conversation between Garofano and the Pavia prosecutors comes close to the end of the investigation into Garlasco's murder - which sees Andrea Sempio under investigation - given that the deadline is September 28th. When asked if there was a turning point in the case, the former General only replied: "I don't comment on the investigation". According to what emerges, some RIS officers who in 2007 were carrying out investigations in the house in Garlasco where, on 13 August, Chiara Poggi's body was found were also interviewed.

The consultancies

Garofano was heard while the last of the four consultations arranged in the supplementary investigations by the Pavia Prosecutor's Office are awaiting submission to the prosecutors. Among the consultations already produced to the prosecutors, there is that requested from Carlo Previderè to re-examine the chapter of the DNA on the victim's nails, in light of the latest defense observations, and previously attributed to Sempio's paternal lineage (from a consultation by the prosecution and also the subject of an expert opinion in the evidentiary incident). Then there is the additional consultancy on Sempio's anthropometric measurements, requested from Cristina Cattaneo, and the additional consultancy on the dot print left on the floor of the house on the day of the crime, entrusted to Giampaolo Iuliano and Nicola Caprioli. The first of the three consultations arrived on September 7th, the other two on September 23rd. The appeal lacks psychiatric consultancy, which was the responsibility of Roberto Catanesi who had requested a direct meeting with Sempio, who however refused on the advice of his lawyers.

The next steps and the accusations against Sempio

The next step involves the Prosecutor's Office notifying Sempio's defense of a second notice of closure of investigations for aggravated murder, after that of 8 May. This phase will probably be the prelude to a request for indictment for the 38-year-old. According to the Pavia Prosecutor's Office, Sempio killed Chiara Poggi, older sister of his childhood friend Marco, hitting her several times "with a blunt object", "at least 12" wounds on the skull and face", for "vile reasons, attributable to hatred for the victim following the rejection of his sexual approach".

According to the investigators, Sempio would have seen intimate videos of Chiara Poggi and her boyfriend Alberto Stasi, definitively sentenced to 16 years in prison as the sole perpetrator of the crime, kept on a pendrive. Also at the center of the prosecutor's accusation are the right hand print, the so-called "footprint 33" on the wall of the stairs, where the 26-year-old was found lifeless, which is attributed to Sempio, and his DNA on the victim's nails.

In-depth analysis

Garlasco crime, Sempio does not undergo psychiatric evaluation