The 16-year-old girl who disappeared in Valsamoggia was found dead, probably stabbed to death. Chiara Gualzetti’s body was in via Abbazia, she had moved away yesterday from her home in Monteveglio where she lived. Deep stab wounds to the throat and chest were found on the body, as well as other injuries, such as beatings. The case is dealt with by both the ordinary prosecutor’s office and that for minors: a minor is under investigation. The last hours of the young woman and her contacts have been reconstructed. In particular, the investigators focus on an encounter that the girl apparently had with a friend. The carabinieri heard four boys: one of them is accused of the murder.
Valsamoggia, the place where Chiara Gualzetti’s body was found
The images of the place where the body of Chiara Gualzetti, the 16-year-old disappeared from home and found lifeless less than a kilometer from her home in the park of the Abbey of Monteveglio, in the Bolognese area was found – Read
Chiara Gualzetti found dead, the body noticed by the volunteers
Chiara Gualzetti’s body was found less than a kilometer from home, in the territory of the Monteveglio Abbey regional park, in a field on the edge of a wood. It is not possible at the moment to understand how long it has been there. It was found by volunteers engaged in research started after the appeals of family members and the mayor of the town. The family lives in a house in the village of Monteveglio, a little further down, at the foot of the hill where the abbey and a small medieval village are on the top. It is an area of trails and very popular, especially on weekends. And yesterday, Sunday, there were people too.
Chiara Gualzetti, the appeals
The first searches had given negative results and in the morning the mayor Daniele Ruscigno had launched an appeal through his Facebook page. “The authorities managing the case are activating the second phase of research, involving all operational resources, through permanent coordination on site “, wrote the mayor before the news of the discovery of the body arrived. The young woman’s father had also asked for help in finding volunteers. Dozens and dozens of reply messages, with fellow citizens willing to divide into teams to scour the area, giving themselves schedules. The girl, when she left the house yesterday morning, was wearing black t-shirt and shorts. In the afternoon, the sad announcement, always on the social network where there have become many messages of condolence. “Chiara’s search unfortunately ends in tragedy – the words of Ruscigno – her body was found lifeless during the field research started in the afternoon by all the competent authorities, assisted by a number of citizen volunteers whom I thank. A tragedy for the whole family and for the whole community “.
Chiara Gualzelli, the pain of the family
Just by probing the social networks, the investigators are trying to give an identity to his acquaintances, to solve a mystery of a death that leaves a family in despair: “I don’t feel like it I need to be quiet for a moment”, he told reporters father Vincenzo, together with his wife, joined by some relatives and friends in their house near the hill. The young woman had been part of the ‘Arcieri del Melograno’ company for a couple of years, part of the historical reenactment circuit that organized courses for beginners in the Monteveglio gym. Among posts that tell of her passions, music, animals, walks in the woods, there are some in which the girl expresses her bitterness. “They tell me that I have a beautiful body, they tell me that I am intelligent and beautiful … And it always turns out that when they say it, they say it to take advantage of my body and my intelligence … Or they disappear because they get tired of trying to use my body and get tired of my intelligence “, he wrote a few months ago. At the beginning of 2020 Chiara spoke of her naivety, of “mistakes”, of a strength that she could not find to face those who, in her words, had tormented her “for years with teasing”.