Investigations into the food consumed, controversy over the two discharges from the emergency room and a community literally shocked by the tragedy .

This is what the case of leaves us, for now, A mother and her 15-year-old daughter died in Campobasso hospital from suspected food poisoning , most likely caused by fish, mushrooms , or other foods consumed during the Christmas holidays. Fulminant hepatitis was the primary hypothesis.

The causes of the double death will be clarified by an autopsy ordered by the Molise capital's prosecutor's office, which has also opened an investigation to verify the medical history of the two women.

According to an initial reconstruction, both girls visited the emergency room twice for symptoms, but were then sent home with a diagnosis of food poisoning . The fifteen-year-old's father was also admitted to intensive care at Campobasso Hospital before being transferred to the Spallanzani Hospital in Rome for further tests. The older sister's health, however, is not cause for concern; she apparently did not partake in the fatal meal. The girl was transferred to Rome as a precaution and will remain at the Spallanzani Hospital with her father until the situation is clearer and further risks are ruled out.

The first to be admitted to Cardarelli was 15-year-old Sara Di Vita , a classical high school student. Two days ago, her health worsened, and she was taken back to the emergency room, where it was decided to admit her. Her condition then deteriorated "unusually rapidly," as explained by the head of the intensive care unit, Vincenzo Cuzzone, and she died around 11 p.m. Following her death, doctors also decided to admit the girl's mother, . Her clinical condition also rapidly deteriorated, leading to her death. "The clinical condition had a truly rare progression, leading rapidly to death despite the intensive care support we implemented," explained Dr. Cuzzone.