Naples, Chiara Jaconis' death: video of the last seconds of her life acquired

Naples. The police have acquired the video recorded by the video surveillance system of a B&B in the Spanish Quarters in which the last seconds of CHiara Jaconis' life are imprinted, including the tragic moment in which the statuette hits the 30-year-old tourist from Padua on the head.

Officers from the Montecalvario police station and the Flying Squad conducting the investigation carried out the acquisition on behalf of the Naples Public Prosecutor's Office.

The investigation is being conducted by prosecutor Ciro Capasso, under the coordination of deputy prosecutor Vincenzo Piscitelli, who is expected to appoint medical experts today and then set an autopsy date.

This means that the notices of investigation are arriving, as a necessary act, with charges of manslaughter against the tenants of the (identified) apartment in the building at number 4 Via Santa Teresa agli Spagnoli from which the statue that killed Chiara Jaconis fell.

They, like the Jaconis family, will have the opportunity to appoint their own experts to assist in the autopsy that will determine the cause of death of the 30-year-old tourist from Padua.

The fall was thought to have occurred accidentally during an argument between children who were in the house at the time.

In the evening, after the torchlight procession organized by the citizens of the Spanish Quarters, Gianfranco Jaconis, Chiara's father made an appeal after the lack of sensitivity shown by those who spread and circulated the video online, which was then acquired by the police.

Chiara's father asks to remove the video

We would like the videos of Chiara circulating online, especially the one where she is hit by the vase, to be removed from the internet. These images, even if accidentally, are too strong for us to bear, and we would not want to see them again. At this time, we are first and foremost appealing for human understanding. I hope you understand that these images are heartbreaking for us.

In a note the Jaconis family "While acknowledging the noble spirit with which the media decided to publish the video of Chiara's tragic death, I urge everyone, both media and otherwise, who shared the video to delete it as soon as possible."

"The family - it explains - in addition to emphasizing that the video represents evidence that will be available to the judiciary during the investigation, he asks for respect for Chiara's memory." 

Then Gianfranco Jaconis also thanked the Municipality of Naples. "Yesterday," he said, "I didn't thank the City of Naples, Mayor Manfredi, and the Tourism Councilor Armato, who went out of their way to share our grief. We appreciated their gesture. They were also there for us with logistical support: it wasn't a given that they would be so involved, and I am infinitely grateful to them."