Adnkronos (Adnkronos) – "All the technical and scientific investigations we have conducted support the hypothesis that Serena Mollicone's head impacted the door of the barracks in Arce." These are the conclusions presented today in court by Rosario Casamassima, lieutenant of the Rome RIS, a consultant for the Attorney General's Office, who was heard in the second appeal trial for the murder of the young woman killed in 2001.
The consultant referred to 25 wooden fragments found on the adhesive tape that wrapped Serena's head and hair, as well as traces of resin and glue, thus strengthening the prosecution's hypothesis that on June 1, 2001, Marco Mottola, at the height of an argument, slammed the 18-year-old's head against the door, causing her to lose consciousness.
The young woman was then allegedly suffocated and abandoned in the Fonte Cupa woods. Marco Mottola is accused along with his mother, Annamaria, and his father, Franco Mottola, former commander of the Arce barracks. Franco has always maintained that he damaged the door with a flat punch during an argument with his son Marco.
After being acquitted twice, the three are now being charged again in the second appeal trial, where a battle of expertise is unfolding between the prosecution and the defense.
The RIS expert, in particular, excluded the possibility of contamination in the finds, explaining that five wooden fragments were found exactly between the adhesive tapes and Mollicone's hair and that among the other elements found on the tapes there is also "a residue of paint from the boiler of the accommodation".
"These five fragments placed between the duct tape and Serena's hair fundamentally rule out any possibility of contamination. What has been said today supports the prosecution's hypothesis, that Serena entered the barracks and never came back. The paint from the boiler found also tells us that Serena was certainly there," stated the Mollicone family's lawyers, Antonio Iafrate and Federica Nardoni. Fabio Quadrini, the Mottola family's defense attorney, disagrees. "We have witnessed yet another attempt to adapt the facts to the theory, rather than the theory to the facts. The expert contradicted himself with what he previously stated. Serena did not hit the door, which is not the means of injury," concluded the defense attorney.
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