The perfect shot comes when you least expect it and, in the case of the murder of Garlasco they arrive eighteen years later: some images taken on August 13, 2007 from one amateur photographer they immortalize Andrea Sempio that passes twice in front of the house in Garlasco in the hours following themurder of Chiara Poggiwhen no one present outside the police force, perhaps, was aware of the tragedy. In the last hours the channel Bugalalla Crimecurated by the YouTuber and streamer Francesca Bugamellispread those photographsalso showing the inspections carried out by the police.
The afternoon frozen in shots
The images cover a precise time span, between 3.38pm and 4.14pmcapturing faces and immortalizing movements: at 3.53pm appears Andrea Sempioat the wheel of the family Daewoo. A minute later Chiara’s cousins arrive twins Stefania and Paola Cappathe latter with a crutch, who get off the Smart.
Shortly after, between 4.04pm and 4.14pmappears on the scene Maria Rosa Poggimother of the twins and aunt of the victim. The last significant shot, at 4.13pmportrays again Example together with father Giuseppe while the police begin to cordon off the area with tape to isolate the crime scene.
The defense and value of metadata
For the lawyers of Examplethose photos are a confirmation: the lawyer Angela Taccia highlighted that i metadata of the shots, which they certify precisely the time of each image, coincide with what was declared by his client verbal to the authorities. According to the defense, the photographs they therefore confirm that Example was located actually in front of the house at the times indicated by him.
Meanwhile, the Pavia Prosecutor’s Office and the Carabinieri of Res they acquired all the shots in original format, convening the photographer who had made them at the time, and the material is now in the file of the new investigations.
The discrepancies that weigh
Yet, the narrative is not perfectly linear. In the minutes, Example he had spoken of a crowd, of «one multitude of people” in front of the house, while, second Bugamellithe photographs tell a different context: few presences, no crowds. A discrepancy underlined that affects the consistency overall version of the facts and could become relevant in ongoing investigative assessments.
The shots taken by the amateur photographer never noticed appeared by investigators near the crime scene by chance, such as fingerprints and DNAperhaps because forget for eighteen years or stored on a damaged hard drive that has finally been recovered. Photos born from the impulse of document what was happening in via Pascoli that afternoon, which return a face, that more recognizable And imprinted in the collective memory, of Andrea Sempio.
