A new report reopens the shadows on the Garlasco case: the imprint in the blood attributed to Stasi could belong to a shoe of a different size.
In the Garlasco crime, that small “dot” sole print had become a conviction. The Frau shoe number 42, compatible with Alberto Stasi’s size, was for years the cornerstone of an evidentiary castle that was as precise as it was fragile. Today, however, a new analysis risks undermining one of the pillars of the accusation.
According to what emerged in a television investigation by Ignoto
The experiment that rewrites proportions
The new Pavia prosecutor’s office, which is also investigating the hypothesis of murder in conspiracy for Andrea Sempio, would have carried out an inspection of the Marche factory that produced Frau soles. Investigators are trying to understand whether the famous “dot” print could really belong to a model compatible with Stasi’s foot.
Grimaldi showed a technical size conversion table in the program: number 42 corresponds to a sole of 29.5 cm, while 44 reaches 30.66. Considering that the sole exceeds the actual measurement of the foot by approximately one centimeter – as indicated by the RIS – the 28 cm footprint found in the Poggi house fits into a range compatible with a shoe between 43 and 44.
For the first time, a digital superposition was also created between the blood imprint and the sole of several Frau models: the result would show a more precise correspondence with the number 44. Evidence which, if confirmed by official investigations, could bring down one of the pieces of evidence that sealed Stasi’s conviction.
The grip of the sole and the new hypothesis
The detail that intrigues experts is the lateral narrowing of the sole, a characteristic of the Frau model attributed to the footprint. That narrowing, clearly visible in the outline found at the crime scene, would be compatible with the design of number 44 rather than that of 42.
The test, never performed during previous trials, therefore opens a different perspective: Chiara Poggi’s killer may have worn a larger number. If the new comparison is deemed reliable, the judicial consequences could be very serious.
Raffaele Sollecito: “The life of an innocent person can be destroyed”
The news has rekindled a bitter reflection in those who have lived through the hell of the judicial pillory. Raffaele Sollecito, definitively acquitted for Meredith Kercher’s crime, published a video on TikTok in which he talks about the risk of “ruining the life of an innocent person and then pretending nothing happened”.
“My story proves it – he says –: a sentence of acquittal does not free you, it imprisons you in a new judgement, that of the people”. A message that resonates today more than ever in the depths of the Garlasco case, where the line between guilt and suspicion continues to blur.
Lovati out of the case: “Sempio exonerated me, but life goes on”
Meanwhile, on the defense front, Massimo Lovati, now former lawyer of Andrea Sempio, confirms the separation: “He called me and exonerated me. I’m sorry, but life goes on.”
In an interview with Corriere della Sera, Lovati does not hide her bitterness over the differences over the trial strategy, but reiterates: “Maybe I pay the price of appearing too casual. But that’s how I am.” On the table, however, there would be new projects with Fabrizio Corona: “It’s brilliant. Something interesting could arise. I certainly won’t go to the gardens: as long as I’m healthy, I’ll continue to defend.”
An investigation that never ceases to worry
Seventeen years after the murder of Chiara Poggi, the Garlasco case remains a labyrinth of fingerprints, timetables and contradictions. Every new analysis, every technical detail can change the perspective of a trial that has already gone through ten levels of judgement, two convictions and infinite shadows.
If that print really belongs to a size 44 shoe, the Italian judicial system will have to go back. Not out of nostalgia for the truth, but for an even more urgent duty: that of justice, when the blood shed never stops speaking.
