Unidentified man, Villa Literno (Caserta), 14/08/1987

Data shown in the record

Date of recovery: 14/08/1987
Case file number: 45
Place of recovery: San Pietro Infine (CE), Pietriera locality Previous version of the register: Loc. San sossio
Municipality: Villa Literno
Province: Caserta
Region: Campania
Sex: Male
Estimated age: between 25 and 30 years
Biogeographic ancestry: African Previous version of the register: Negroide
Hair colour: Black
Presumed cause of death: Road accident

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

An article by La Stampa of 19 August 1987 describes, in the same comune and month as this record, a man who died falling from the attic of an abandoned building in Villa Literno on the night of 18 August: the date and circumstances of death do not match what is recorded, and the link to this record remains to be verified. The article attributes a name to the victim through the testimony of a compatriot, but no official identification appears on record.

Morte misteriosa di un marocchino Incidente o irruzione di teppisti?

La Stampa, 19 August 1987

The article gives a name for the young man, reported by compatriots: for someone without documents, recognition by the community does not always translate into official identification in the registers. However, the cause of death (a fall from a building), the date (the night of 18 August, not the 14th), and the place diverge from the record, because the event occurred at Villa Literno while the record gives San Pietro Infine.