The mysterious death of a brilliant young Italian doctor has taken a dark new twist with claims that he was murdered by the Sicilian mafia.
Attilio Manca, 34, was found dead at his home in Viterbo, central Italy, in 2004, supposedly of a heroin overdose. Monica Mileti, his friend, was convicted of administering the dose and jailed for five years. But on Tuesday an appeals court in Rome acquitted her of any involvement in the urologist's death. Suspicions have turned instead to Cosa Nostra, Sicily's mafia network.
Italian doctor Attilio Manca, 34, was found dead supposedly due to a heroin overdose, but suspicions have turned to Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian mafia, after the idea of an overdose was repudiated.