Noelia Pisanu's face is streaked with tears as she remembers her son, who is no longer with us. "My Ythan was a smart, intelligent boy: I cannot accept his name being tarnished by blaming him 100 percent for the collapse of that house where he lost his life." Damiano Romano, father of the 14-year-old who disappeared on Easter Monday, April 1, 2024, along with his close friend Patrick Zola , adds: "What we absolutely want is for this 'thing' to be reopened. It is unacceptable that our son be accused of having demolished a dilapidated house."
The criminal case against the owners of the ruined building in Nuoro, just steps from the prison where the two young men died, was dismissed last December. According to the preliminary investigations judge's ruling, the building was not unsafe and the attic collapse was attributable to the behavior of the two inseparable friends, aged 14 and 15 .
"If the building had been in 'order,' two kids wouldn't have been able to knock it down," Ythan's father keeps repeating. "We found a video from 2020 that shows the state of the ruins. A floor had already collapsed, mirroring the one that collapsed in 2024 and killed the kids. It was raining on Easter Sunday, as well as two hours before the tragedy . So, for us, it was a coincidence: the building was in ruins, Ythan and Patrick were just unlucky enough to be inside ."
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