Tragedy of the Natisone river, a case opened for manslaughter

Tragedy of the Natisone river, a case for manslaughter opened: search for third person missing in the river

The funeral home for the two girls of Romanian origin who died in Friuli in the sudden flood of the Natisone river was open from 8.30 this morning: Patrizia Cormosaged 20, and Bianca Doros, aged 23, will be welcomed in the funeral home in via Calvario in Udine, near the San Vito cemetery. All while the search continues for find the 25-year-old young man still missing in the waters of the Natisoneon the matter was an investigation for manslaughter has been opened. The proceedings are against unknown persons. The autopsy on the bodies of the two girls found in recent days confirmed their death by drowning.

“We have opened an investigation for manslaughter against unknown persons: in these events, in order to proceed, responsibility must be of a type of omission, not of commission”, said the Prosecutor of the Republic of Udine Massimo Lia, at a press conference. “We will conduct all the necessary investigations to ascertain whether the rescue was timely. However, I would like to point out that, at present, there are no specific elements that make us go in this direction, but the checks are in the initial phase” , has explained. And then you reiterated that the investigation was opened “to be able to carry out all the investigations that will be necessary to reconstruct the facts, which does not mean that at this moment the office has acquired elements to be able to hypothesize negligent conduct. It is a technical choice of a procedural nature, in order to be able to carry out investigations to reconstruct the facts with all guarantees.”

The Udine Prosecutor then explained that “Patrizia made four phone calls to the single emergency number 112, the last of which went unanswered”. “The first call took place at 1.29pm, the others in the minutes immediately following. From the first investigations, everything took place over a period of time that can be roughly quantified as half an hour. From a situation of apparent tranquility, that tumultuous flow of the Natisone river which then overwhelmed them,” he added. Meanwhile, the funeral home for Bianca Doros and Patrizia Cormos, the two girls who disappeared in the flood of the Natisone, opened today in the Mansutti Funeral Home in the urban cemetery of San Vito in Udine. The family members of the two young women, both of Romanian origin, arrived at the funeral home and were welcomed by the prefect and police commissioner of Udine and by the provincial commanders of the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza. The two girls were dressed as brides, according to the tradition of their country of origin. Many citizens have already visited the funeral home, where the bodies of the young women will remain until tomorrow at 4pm, when a moment of prayer will be celebrated by two priests, one Orthodox and one Catholic.