Disappearance of Mirella Gregori

Mirella Gregori
Born October 7, 1967
Rome, Italy
Disappeared May 7, 1983
Rome, Italy
Status Missing
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

Mirella Gregori (born October 7, 1967) mysteriously disappeared from Rome in May 1983, about 40 days before another girl's disappearance. The other girl was Emanuela Orlandi, a citizen of Vatican City. Both vanishings remain unsolved today.

International events

It was during the Cold War and both the Orlandi case and Gregori's disappearance involve claims by the Grey Wolves, an extremist Turkish group[1] demanding the release of Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish man who shot the Pope in Saint Peter's Square on May 13, 1981. According to one of many of Mehmet Ali Ağca's accounts, the two girls' disappearances, and the disappearance of Soviet journalist, Oleg G. Bitov, from the Venice Film Festival on September 9 that same year, are closely linked. In an official notice (November 20 of 1984), the Grey Wolves admitted to having both girls.

Circumstances of disappearance

Gregori left her house telling her mother she "had a date" with a former schoolmate. She has not been seen since.

Suspects

During a visit of the Pope to a Rome parish, on December 15, 1985, Gregori’s mother, recognized a man in the papal escort as a person who often came to pick up her daughter at the house, perhaps even the same man who was seen with Orlandi, a few days before her disappearance.[2] His name was Raoul Bonarelli.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hooper, John (April 14, 2012). "Mystery of the missing girl, the Vatican and gangster's burial". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mirella Gregori". Studente − Italia. archivio900. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Nicotri, Pino. "Emanuela Orlandi: Pietro contro Bonarelli, ex sicurezza del Vaticano". Blitz Quotidiano. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Giallo, Il. "Caso Orlandi, un'intercettazione riapre la vicenda di Mirella Gregori". Corriere Della Sera. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

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