The trial for the murder of Cinzia Pinna , the 33-year-old woman from Castelsardo killed on the night of September 11-12, 2025, inside the Conca Entosa winery, between Palau and Arzachena, has begun at the Assize Court in Sassari. The sole defendant is the confessed 41-year-old Emanuele Ragnedda, a wine entrepreneur and owner of the estate where the crime took place.

Ragnedda, defended by lawyers Luca Montella and Gabriele Satta, is currently being held in Bancali prison in Sassari, facing charges of aggravated homicide with torture and cruelty.

In the early stages of the investigation, led by Tempio Pausania prosecutor Noemi Mancini, Rosa Maria Elvo, the Gallura businessman's former partner, and Luca Franciosi, a young maintenance worker and acquaintance of his, were also placed under investigation. Both were later found to be completely uninvolved in the affair and cleared of charges after being implicated by Ragnedda himself, who, in Franciosi's case, accused him of being an accomplice in the operations to conceal the body.

Cinzia Pinna's body was found twelve days after her disappearance, lying near a tree within Ragnedda's vast estate, several meters from the house where the femicide occurred. According to the prosecution, Ragnedda was the one who hid the body and cleaned up the crime scene. Franciosi, represented by lawyers Nicoletta and Maurizio Mani, joined the case as a civil plaintiff, as did the victim's family, represented by lawyers Antonella and Nino Cuccureddu.

(Unioneonline)