The DNA of "unknown 3" found on the oropharyngeal swab taken for testing in the mouth of Chiara Poggi, the young woman killed in Garlasco in the summer of 2007, will be compared with that of at least 30 people.
This is the latest indiscretion from the new investigation into the Garlasco murder .
Samples for comparison should be taken from everyone who came into contact with the body, including those who exhumed Chiara's body to take fingerprints.
The analyses that will be ordered by the Prosecutor's Office also aim to verify whether the male DNA found in the young woman's oropharyngeal cavity has been contaminated or not.
The unidentified male profile identified by consolidated analyses on strips of gauze used to take samples from the young woman's palate, tongue, and oral cavity does not yet constitute "proof" that more than one person was involved in the murder 18 years ago.
In fact, there are very different interpretations by consultants regarding this male genetic trace.
For some, the profile is "clear, complete, robust and with 22 markers" and has no identity , for others, including Luciano Garofano, the then commander of the RIS appointed by Sempio's defense , it would be a mix between that of Gabriele Ferrari (assistant of Dario Ballardini, the coroner who carried out the autopsy in 2007) and that of another unknown person in minimal quantities.
"The most logical, and not biased, explanation," the former Carabinieri general maintains, " is that it was contaminated before the sample was taken, by handling that gauze," which was allegedly used to collect material from Chiara's mouth and then compare it with blood traces at the crime scene. This "contamination," he says, refutes a second man's theory: "They're certainly looking for a ghost."
(Unioneonline)
