The investigating judge of the Court of Catanzaro has appointed a second expert to clarify the causes of the death of the twenty-two-year-old Beatrice Celia found lifeless on the night between 16 and 17 March 2024 inside the house where she lived with her mother in Catanzaro. This is what was decided yesterday during the evidentiary incident, the judge accepted the request made by the girl’s family (represented by the lawyers Angela La Gamma and Sonia Mirarchi) and endorsed by the Prosecutor’s Office. The task was entrusted to Giorgio Pontera, an internationally renowned geneticist, a retired RIS officer who carried out his work in complex investigations such as those into the murder of the very young Yara Gambirasio. He will support the doctor Massimo Rizzo who also in yesterday’s hearing asked for a thirty day extension to file his report. He will return to court on October 7.
Last November, at the opening of the evidentiary hearing, the investigating judge had entrusted the expert Rizzo with the task of establishing the time and causes of Beatrice’s death. In his report he will have to establish in particular whether this was self-induced or caused by other people who are currently unknown. The starting point is the histological and genetic analyzes which in the expert report the consultant, Professor Stefano Tambuzzi of the University of Milan, had indicated as fundamental for clarifying the causes of death. The reports made by the RIS on some garments will also be available to the expert.