They found him on the sofa chair, with his head resting on the back. At first they thought it was a heart attack, a blow to the heart, and were filing the case as a natural death. But then the medical examiner had some doubts. They carried out a much more in-depth reconnaissance and suspicious signs emerged around the neck. Signs of suffocation, as if he had been strangled.
Enough to open an investigation, notify the Prosecutor’s Office of Naples and order the seizure of the body and the autopsy. A mystery in the center of Naples, in the Piazza Carlo III area: it is here that the police officers found the body of Carlo Bocchettiborn in Naples on April 5, 1965. We are in via Generale d’Ambrosio, in San Carlo all’Arena, a populous area, where man had lived for a long time, leading a fairly methodical and ordinary existence. He carried out a delicate job, namely a trust activity on behalf of a debt collection company.
The backstory
Nothing dangerous or illegal – it’s worth clarifying this – but we are still talking about a complex activity, because it is linked to the need to put commercial activities in default or intervene in a dispute between private citizens. But let’s go back to the discovery of the dead body. Carlo Bocchetti’s family had had no news of the 59-year-old for several hours. In particular, his brother – who lives in Casoria – requested the intervention of the police, appealing to the police. Once inside the house, the scenario appeared quite crystallized. There were no signs of forced entry on the door or windows; there were no signs of arguments or scuffles. In the center of the living room, on an armchair, Bocchetti’s body. Sitting man, as if he had been struck down by a sudden illness. It was Carlo Bocchetti’s brother himself who underlined that the man had a heart disease. Case closed? Not really, judging by the medical examiner’s work. The gaze (and the professional’s expertise) fell on his neck. There were signs, something decidedly suspicious, enough to go forward with the checks. The body was immediately seized, followed by a connection with the Prosecutor’s Office Nicola Gratteri. File coordinated by an ordinary prosecutor, because no contacts between the man and criminal environments emerged. The results of the autopsy are awaited. From the search of the judicial archives of the police, it emerged that the man was convicted of crimes against property, even if there is nothing that could justify a condition of hatred developed on the part of someone or of danger for the same safety as the 59-year-old. A mystery, which fueled a whirlwind of curiosity among the man’s neighbors. The men of the flying squad are at work under the coordination of the first manager Giovanni Lenci.
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