Regina Coeli prison in Rome (Ansa)

  • Maddalena Urbani case: Syrian pusher remains in prison

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July 10, 2021 A precautionary custody order for murder was served by the police in the Regina Coeli prison - where he was already dealing with heroin - to a 64-year-old Syrian, the man who had hosted Maddalena Urbani, daughter of the doctor-hero Carlo Urbani who isolated Sars, before the girl's death on March 27, 2021 for a mix of drugs and psychotropic drugs.



The investigating judge accepted the request of the prosecutor of Rome Paolo Pollidori and of the deputy prosecutor Nunzia D'Elia who accused him of the crime of murder, recognizing his conduct as possible fraud. The man, who was in the same apartment as the 21-year-old when she felt ill from a mix of drugs and psychotropic drugs, agreed not to call for help directly, instead having unqualified people intervene on the spot who could not save the life of the girl.



Police investigations to shed light on the incident involved various circumstances, including the suspicion that the young woman may have been the victim of sexual violence, which was subsequently ruled out. Urbani had a previous acquaintance with the Syrian, so much so that in the address book of her telephone he was registered as "Zio Cassi". And the Syrian too had the girl's Perugian name and address on his diary. To call 118 was another girl, of foreign origins but born in Italy, who had met Urbani about a month earlier in Perugia; the two then went to Rome together on 26 March by train. The witness told the police that Maddalena had felt ill that afternoon, "because of too much alcohol", but once she arrived in thehome of the Syrian friend had recovered slightly. She had slept all night, but after returning from shopping at lunchtime on March 27, her friend noticed that Maddalena was no longer breathing.



The investigations into the Syrian's phone records and his own statements made it possible to ascertain that that night he had called two of his acquaintances, a Romanian and an Italian, to help Urbani. The Italian - whom the Syrian called a 'doctor', but who was actually a drug addict who had undergone some medical examinations - had intervened in the late morning of the 27th and had given the young woman an adrenaline injection. The Romanian, on the other hand, had intervened in the late evening of the 26th and had given Maddalena a heart massage: the girl seemed to be better and he was gone.