The shocking phrase “Looks like we trapped Stasi” puts the spotlight back on the Garlasco murder. New DNA tests and new names on the prosecutors’ list
A suspicious message that reopens old wounds
“Looks like we trapped Stasi.”
That’s the message that could change everything. The phrase, reported by the weekly magazine Giallo and allegedly sent by Paola Cappa, twin sister of Stefania and cousin of the victim Chiara Poggi, was addressed to a friend during the 2007 investigation. Neither of the twins has ever been investigated, but today their names are back at the center of the new inquiry led by the Pavia Prosecutor’s Office.
The Garlasco case returns, 18 years later
The murder of Chiara Poggi, killed in Garlasco in August 2007, deeply shocked Italian public opinion. After years of trials, Alberto Stasi, her then boyfriend, was definitively convicted in 2015. Today, he is serving his sentence under semi-freedom, but new evidence might turn the tables.
The new line of inquiry is based on 280 recovered messages, now under scrutiny by investigators. Among them, the one sent by the Cappa twins appears particularly telling: could it be proof of manipulation during the original investigation?
DNA analysis on six new individuals
During a closed-door hearing at the court of Pavia, the judge for preliminary investigations ordered a new forensic examination, entrusting the task to two expert analysts. Their job: to analyze DNA traces found at the crime scene.
DNA samples will be collected from:
- Paola and Stefania Cappa, the twin cousins of the victim
- Marco Panzarasa, a friend of Stasi
- Three friends of Andrea Sempio, another name that surfaced in previous inquiries
None of these individuals are currently under investigation, but the prosecution wants to rule out all other possibilities with certainty.
A case the public never forgot
The Poggi case was one of Italy’s first major crime stories in the age of digital media. Opinion columnists, TV criminologists, and talk shows kept the spotlight on it. But it’s justice — and justice alone — that can finally bring the truth to light.
With new genetic analysis technologies, evidence that was once unusable could now tell a completely different story.
And what if that “we trapped Stasi” wasn’t just an offhand comment?
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