ROME — 1990 · Unsolved Case
The Via Poma Murder
On 7 August 1990, 21-year-old Simonetta Cesaroni was found dead in the office of the Italian Youth Hostels Association (AIAG) on Via Poma in Rome's Prati district. The killing, committed in a closed office on a hot August day, became one of Italy's longest-running unsolved cases. Over the years many people were investigated, including building staff and the victim's former boyfriend; the ex-boyfriend was convicted at first instance but definitively acquitted on appeal and by the Court of Cassation. Everyone once under suspicion has been cleared. Renewed inquiries in the 2020s produced no usable evidence, and the killer has never been identified.
- Date
- 1990
- Place
- Lazio, Italy, Rome, IT
- Category
- Unsolved Case
- Case Status
- Unsolved
- Coordinates
- 41.9163, 12.4580 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 7 August 1990Simonetta Cesaroni was found dead in the AIAG office on Via Poma.
- 1990sSeveral people, including building staff, were investigated; none went to trial.
- 2011The victim's former boyfriend was convicted at first instance.
- 2012–2014He was acquitted on appeal and the Court of Cassation made the acquittal final.
- 2020sReopened inquiries found no evidence sufficient for prosecution.
Sources
- Wikipedia (IT) — Delitto di via Poma it.wikipedia.org ↗
- Napolike — Murder of Simonetta Cesaroni in Via Poma napolike.com ↗
- Wikipedia (IT)
- Napolike
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