Unidentified woman, Camporeale (Palermo), 10/02/2010

Data shown in the record

Date of recovery: 10/02/2010
Case file number: 695
Municipality: Camporeale
Province: Palermo
Region: Sicilia
Sex: Female
Estimated age: 55 years
Height: between 145 and 150 cm
Distinguishing marks: "Equinovarus" left foot and scoliosis
Presumed cause of death: Violent
Further information: Human remains of a woman (legs, pelvis). Death occurred four to eight months before discovery, between June and October 2009. Previous version of the register: Resti di donna (gambe bacino) - morte risalente a quattro/otto mesi dal ritrovamento -tra giugno e ottobre 2009 -

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What emerges when the official register data are compared with the press sources collected below.

The body had been dismembered and enclosed in a sack: this detail does not appear in the record's fields, which give only "violent" as the cause.

Il corpo trovato a pezzi è di una donna

la Repubblica (ed. Palermo), 14 February 2010

Article summary: A third article confirms, based on the autopsy, that the dismembered remains belonged to a woman. The full text is available only in the publisher's paid archive.
Il cadavere nel sacco era in mare

la Repubblica (ed. Palermo), 13 February 2010

Article summary: A later article reports that the remains were enclosed in a sack, adrift at sea before recovery. The full text is available only in the publisher's paid archive.
Giallo per il cadavere a pezzi

la Repubblica (ed. Palermo), 12 February 2010

Article summary: The human remains, found in pieces by Anas workers along the Palermo-Sciacca state road, prompted an investigation into their identity. The full text is available only in the publisher's paid archive.