Death poisoned by ricin, Gianni Di Vita: 'I'm exasperated, I can't take it anymore'

"Ten months have passed, I'm exasperated. I can't take it anymore, realize that I lost a wife and a daughter. What should I tell you? Pain is an intimate, private thing. I talk about it with my daughter, with my loved ones, with my friends. I can't talk about it in front of a microphone".

This is the outburst of Gianni Di Vita, father and husband of the two women poisoned with ricin in Pietracatella, in front of the cameras of the Rai Uno broadcast 'La vita in diretta'. "Trust me for a moment - he concludes -, for a second think that I am innocent".

Reports of castor plants in Molise reaching the police are multiplying. The latest case in chronological order happened yesterday when, on the recommendation of a citizen, the men of the Flying Squad, who are investigating the crime in Pietracatella, went to Casacalenda to verify the presence of some plants, plants which were photographed and a report relating to their presence was drawn up, but there was no seizure.

The scene took place in front of the cameras of the Canale 5 program "Dentro la notizia" and then relaunched by numerous other newspapers, including Il Messaggero and Corriere della Sera. There were various similar episodes: the same happened in the previous days also in other municipalities, including Riccia, also in Molise, and Castelpagano, in Campania. Other reports have come from Lake Occhito, on the border between Molise and Puglia and from the countryside of Campodipietra, where in recent months some farmers have also been filmed by TV cameras while they planted the seeds of the plant from which it is then possible to extract ricin, the poison that killed Sara Di Vita and her mother Antonella Di Ielsi in December.

From investigative circles we learn that the checks carried out on the presence of the plants are "ordinary" and that at the moment there are no links between the presence of the plants and the murders. However, yesterday's episode caused particular outcry, especially because the plants were found in Casacalenda, in the same town where the high school where Gianni Di Vita's cousin teaches, searched last Friday as part of the same investigation, is located.

Meanwhile, investigators continue their activities and new interrogations are not ruled out in the coming days. The trail followed remains the passionate one and in recent days details have also emerged of some of Gianni Di Vita's depositions during which the former mayor admitted to having had an extramarital affair with a teacher who had been a friend of his for a long time.