The clothes worn by Manuela Murgia on February 4, 1995 are there, perfectly preserved . Thirty years after the death of the sixteen-year-old, perhaps the most important turning point in the Tuvixeddu canyon mystery has arrived, opening up an investigative trail that has never been so concrete in homicide investigations.
Having brought the clothing back to light, in fact, will allow for new analyses to be carried out on the finds, but using technologies that were not available in 1995 : the new lead is directly linked to the advice of the coroner Roberto Demontis, who, by studying the photographic evidence, had brought to light a sexual assault that had taken place before Manuela's death . Attention will inevitably now focus on the underwear: if, in fact, as it appears, the assault took place, the girl's possible murderer would have left his biological traces .
At that point, as highlighted by the Murgia family's lawyer, Bachisio Mele, a scenario similar to the one opened in the case of the murder of Yara Gambirasio , the thirteen-year-old killed in Brembate di Sopra in 2010, would open up. In Manuela's case too, in fact, a biological profile would come to light that could be identified as "Unknown 1" , presumably the murderer: from here we would move on to comparing other DNA.
But as the lawyer points out, with a substantial difference. In Yara's case, in fact, the investigations started practically from nothing, with widespread tests involving thousands of citizens who spontaneously underwent the test. For Manuela Murgia, on the other hand, it could start from a narrow and identified circle of connections and acquaintances, and arriving at the DNA match would be decidedly simpler .