The True Crime genre is at its best. The Netflix content platform has become one of its greatest promoters, docuseries such as the recently released one on the case of Marta del Castillo have become a trend in the application, even serving to contribute novelties to its investigation thanks to new key information.
In addition to this genre, Italian productions have found a highly relevant target on Netflix.Proof of this are its last two releases, the movie Yara and the serious Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts, which have been among the most viewed productions on the streaming platform.
Yara, the true story of the murder of a 13-year-old girl
The new true crime of the audiovisual platform arrives in feature film format and focuses on the true story of the murder and subsequent investigation of the Italian teenager Yara Gambirasio, a 13-year-old minor who disappeared in 2010.
The film directed by the acclaimed Italian director Marco Tulio Giordana , The best youth, follows both the disappearance of the 13-year-old girl and her subsequent murder, which opens the investigation by both the police and the prosecutor who handled the case.In one of the most shocking investigations in Italy, the development takes place from the point of view of family members, the prosecutor and the population.
Isabelle Ragonese is in charge of putting herself in the role ofthe prosecutor Letizia Ruggieri, a professional in charge in real life of finding the culprit. Yara disappeared on Friday, November 26, 2010 after attending the facilities where she received rhythmic gymnastics classes. He attended the school of Maria Regina in the town of Brembate di Sopra, in Bergamo and that day he did not have to go to his extracurricular classes. However, he was willing to lend his teacher a music player. Returning to her home was when the young woman disappeared.
Three months later a citizen found her lifeless bodyin a field very far from the place of disappearance and wounds and evidence of violence were found. The body of the young woman revealed the suffering she suffered before she died, with multiple cuts on her neck, head and back. However, Yara passed away due to hypothermia. According to the investigators, the main motive with which they worked at all times was sexual, due to the evidence found both in the pants and in the underwear of the minor; which would also justify the defensive wounds that Yara presented.
How was the murderer found
After months of fruitless search, with the help of volunteers, family and friends, the investigation focused on the telephone interceptions of a Moroccan citizen.The fence on the wrong result due to a bad translation by the Italian police. After the appearance of the body of the minor and the DNA samples collected, he was completely acquitted of the crime.
A citizen fond of remote control aircraft found Yara’s lifeless body on February 26, 2011.The find was made in Chignolo d’Isolo. With the DNA samples obtained from Yara’s body, prosecutor Ruggieri ordered the taking of samples from almost 22,000 people, in an unprecedented device in the Italian country. The prosecutor was harshly criticized both by her opponents and by public opinion, but months after the case was permanently shelved, the culprit was arrested.
With the samples obtained, a university professor discovered that up to 500 individuals would have had the DNA test performed incorrectly. After re-analyzing them, he found the suspect’s mother. With this premise, Massimo Giuseppe Bossetti was identified, with no criminal record and a carpenter with 3 children and 43 years of age.The film narrates the entire investigation, arrest and judicial process in one of the most shocking films of the year.