- Oct 12
Police search Campobasso school computers in Molise ricin deaths case
Investigators copied server data from a Campobasso classical high school on Thursday, 15 October, in the Larino prosecutor's probe into the ricin deaths of a mother and daughter in Pietracatella. Castor plants have also been found near the town.
- Oct 7
Prosecutors order school computer searches in Pietracatella ricin deaths case
Prosecutors in Larino have ordered a fresh computer inspection of school devices in the investigation into two ricin poisoning deaths in Pietracatella. Police are due to examine computers at an agrarian institute in Riccia on 13 October and at a liceo classico in Campobasso on 15 October.
- Sep 29
Italian Police Search Offices of Gianni Di Vita in Ricin Poisoning Case
Italian police searched two offices belonging to former Pietracatella mayor Gianni Di Vita on 29 September as part of an investigation into the fatal ricin poisonings of his wife and teenage daughter.
- Sep 18
Italian investigators uncover evidence of premeditated ricin murders in Pietracatella
Investigators in Campobasso report concrete evidence of premeditated double murder after Berlin researchers detected ricin anomalies in food seized from the Di Vita home.