The proceedings relating to the alleged burial in the Vatican, at the Teutonic Cemetery, of the remains of Emanuela Orlandi, have been filed by the Sole Judge of the Vatican City State, who has fully accepted the request made by the Office of the Promoter of Justice.

The file had been opened last summer: members of the young woman's family had reported her disappearance in 1983, after which the Promoter of Justice, Gian Piero Milano, and his deputy, Alessandro Diddi, had authorised access to two graves located inside the Teutonic Cemetery, which later turned out to be empty.

In that context, a further investigation ordered by the Magistrates had led to the discovery, in an underground room inside the cemetery complex, of thousands of bone fragments of different ages and origins.

The tests on these findings, carried out by Professor Giovanni Arcudi, official expert, in the presence of the Orlandi family's advisors, led to the conclusion that the fragments found can be dated back to a time before the death of poor Emanuela: the most recent ones date back at least one hundred years ago.

Hence the request for to archive the material, which closes one of the chapters of this sad story, in which the Vatican Authorities have offered, from the beginning, the most extensive collaboration.

In this spirit, the measure to archive the results leaves it up to the Orlandi family to proceed, privately, with any further investigations on fragments already found and kept, in sealed containers, at the Gendarmerie.