Two weeks after the deaths of mother and daughter, the tragedy in Pietracatella, Molise, remains unclear . The causes of death of Sara Di Vita, 15, and her mother, Antonella Di Ielsi, 50, remain unknown. The initial hypothesis of food poisoning from some food eaten in the days leading up to Christmas remains a possibility, but it's not the only one.
In recent days, the investigation has continued at a rapid pace, with dozens of interviews and other investigations. Concrete answers are awaited from food and blood tests and the results of the autopsies. Amid all these questions, today in the small town of the Di Vita family, the community said goodbye to the two victims.
The funeral was held in a chilly atmosphere, officiated by the Archbishop of Campobasso, Monsignor Biagio Colaianni, who in his homily asked for "consolation" for the families of the two victims: "Death is never just," he said, "it is an indelible wound. There is no answer that can explain or justify it, but Sara and Antonella continue to live with God. Thanks to their faith, they continue to be present and alive." Many people, unable to find a seat in the church, attended the service from the square outside.
When the two coffins were carried out at the end of the Mass, red and white balloons were released into the sky while the song "Forever Young" accompanied Sara and Antonella's final journey. In the churchyard, dozens of young men and women stood in tears, some of them hugging their partner's coffin for a long time.
"Saretta, with your perfect smile, you still live in us," her classmates from the Liceo Classico wrote in a manifesto, "not only in our memories but in our hearts." The town's mayor, Antonio Tomassone, closed the funeral: "From today, Pietracatella will forever have two very bright stars in the sky: Sara and Antonella will still and always be by our side." The mayor remembered the two women: "Sara was a girl brimming with life, a girl who didn't wait for the world, but went out to meet it. Her mother was always there for her family and for anyone in need. A unique woman, in the truest and noblest sense of the word."
The mayor then addressed Gianni Di Vita directly, his predecessor, father and husband of Sara and Antonella : "Nothing and no one can give them back to us, but as you said, Gianni, 'this is the truth, however terrible, that we must deal with.' We should be the ones to comfort you, and instead, today, you are the one supporting us."
Finally, Tomassone spoke of Alice, Di Vita's 18-year-old daughter, addressing her as she sat in the front pew of the church : "During those days in the hospital, you gave us strength, and in the midst of unbearable pain, you had words of hope and love for each of us. You are a rare pearl, and as such, you will be cherished by our entire community."
(Unioneonline)