Anger in Italy over plan to reopen church where murdered teenager s body was hidden for 17 years
Family of teenager who disappeared in 1993 accuse the Catholic Church of years of cover-up and collusion
Gildo and Filomena Claps, the brother and mother of murdered teenager Elisa
Credit: Rocco de Benedictis/ROPI
The family of a murdered Italian teenager whose body was stashed in a church garret and remained undetected for 17 years are objecting to the church being restored and reopened as a place of worship.
Relatives have accused the Catholic Church of covering up the murder of 16-year-old Elisa Claps, who was killed by Danilo Restivo, an acquaintance of hers, in the southern city of Potenza in 1993.
First-time author Heather Barnett, from Eastcott near Devizes, has celebrated the release of her new book Acts of Kindness. The novel follows Bella Black, who arrives in a sleepy Wiltshire village as part of a ‘fresh start’ after a recent divorce. But things take a turn when people start disappearing, and she realises she holds the key to a mystery bigger than she could have ever imagined. Acts of Kindness, published by Serpentine Books, was inspired in part by Ms Barnett’s own upbringing in the county. The former Lavington School student took inspiration for the novel’s mysterious Oak Institute from a stately home near to the border of Hampshire.
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