other person of interest except for patrizia reggiani. so in an effort to build a circumstantial case against her, his team had set up a surveillance operation and discovered patrizia s curious friendship with a woman named pina auriemma. [speaking non-english] translator: pina auriemma had a role in reggiani s life. this bond was unusual and we had to look at the deeper. [end of translation] pina was a middle class woman from naples in the south of italy. with no social pedigree. not the sort of person with whom a high society diva like patrizia would associate. they met on an island vacation and hit it off when they discovered they actually had a lot in common. below the surface. she met pina at a spa together and pina made her laugh. and pina was friendly and she trusted pina because she was outside of this sort of
but shortly before the trial, she told investigators she was ready to talk. and of course the italian press was falling all over itself to cover the confrontation between the alleged murder mastermind and the reputed psychic. the black widow versus the black witch. [speaking non-english] translator: when i was on the stand face to face with patrizia i wasn t emotional at all. because in that moment i was only telling them the truth. i didn t lie and i admitted my faults and by frailties. [end of translation] this is pina more than two decades after she betrayed the woman who had entrusted her with all her deepest secrets. why do you think she trusted you? translator: because it wasn t like i was part of the wealthy millionaires world so i couldn t talk. who could i tell her secrets to? the wall? so having a friend in naples and being able to tell her everything without anyone later knowing was a big advantage for her. this is why she told me
those two women were. but what did pina get out of this relationship? i remember a photo of them in st. lawrence probably having lunch or something, she had access to this kind of wealth and glamour by virtue of her friendship with patrizia. to investigators, the mere fact that pina was from naples was in itself suspicious. there s a certain connotation and stereotype that italians of the north have towards italians of the south. particularly with people from the naples area because of naples association with organized crime. but nocerino found no criminal record or evidence that she was anything but a good citizen. she once coincidentally owned a
gucci store in naples. one thing was strange though. maurizio and patrizia were known to be a bit superstitious. and in their social circles, pina was rumored to be some sort of psychic. andrea miranda heard pina s name when maurizio would allow him to go on a business trip because of a premonition she had. i had to fly to hong kong and you came to me and you said you cannot go, you cannot go, you cannot go. you can t fly to hong kong. and i said why on earth? and he said pina, pina said maybe there is a problem on the plane. maurizio clearly believed she had powers, perhaps dark powers. he told his girlfriend sheree that pina it was the reason it had taken him years to leave patrizia even though he had fallen out of love with her. he didn t want to go because he didn t want to be chased down by pina. sheree says that after maurizio finally mustered up the courage to leave, he became convinced that patrizia was going to use pina s powers to exact revenge on him. like when one o
so investigators set up a wiretap and over one of those calls, nocerino heard a voice that caught his attention. it belong to a woman. [speaking non-english] translator: she was an ambiguous person. a woman from naples who was part of reggiani s circle. [end of translation] what was a mysterious woman from naples doing with a high society woman from milan? the answer, he suspected, would blow his investigation wide open. coming up patrizia said it in the moments of her deepest depression, peña was there, that she saved her life. it does say how close those two really were. who was this mysterious woman named peña? she d come to be known as the black witch. he thought they were doing voodoo and spell casting and all sorts of crazy things. and i said, you have to be kidding me? is this stuff really happened? when dateline continues. trelegy for copd. birds flyin high, you know how i feel. breeze driftin on. [coughing]