"He stuck a knife in my mouth and tried to cut out my tongue." Emanuele Ragnedda doesn't harp on the self-defense argument: he's already admitted that he "made the wrong choice. I could have walked away, but instead I made the worst choice . " But his statements to investigators—which continue to leak out, fragmented—provide useful evidence to reconstruct what happened in the farmhouse in Conca Entosa, between Arzachena and Palau, before the shots were fired that killed Cinzia Pinna, 33, from Castelsardo.
"I even tried to revive her," Ragnedda added, confirming a situation where reasoning seemed completely lost, partly due to drug abuse.
If an expert has confirmed the presence of several stab wounds on the confessed perpetrator's arm —a ham-slicing knife—the results of the CT scan performed on the victim's body by coroner Salvatore Lorenzoni, in the presence of Ernesto D'Aloja—an expert appointed by Ragnedda's lawyer, Luca Montella—and the girl's family, could be helpful in verifying the veracity of his other statements regarding the crime. It appears that a gunshot wound to the face struck her. The bullets were not found.
A further examination is expected to be carried out on Wednesday, while the autopsy could be scheduled for the following day. A further inspection of Conca Entosa is also possible.
Meanwhile, investigations are ongoing to identify Ragnedda's possible accomplices, who may have helped him in the days following the murder and the concealment of the body.
People – the focus is on two women and a man – who may have been in the crime scene, where traces of blood and clutter were unmistakable, and may have helped the killer get rid of important evidence.
