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| Apse of the St. Apollinare Basilica |
The case has provoked the imagination of dozens of police, journalists and judges. Ali Agca, the Turkish man who tried to assassinate the pope, has sworn he knows where she (Emanuela Orlandi) is. But only Minardi seems to have given reliable clues. Thanks to her statements, three people are now under investigation for the kidnapping. For the first time in 30 years. The three are old friends of De Pedis.
According to what Minardi has told the prosecutors, the head of the Testaccino gang, that is, Renatino, head of the most dangerous and mysterious branch of the Magliana gang, had a lot to do with the kidnapping of Orlandi. It has been thought for years that the great secret was hidden in Renatino's unbelievable tomb, located in St. Apollinaire Basilica's crypt, the church managed by Opus Dei since 1992, within a stone's throw of Piazza Navona, exactly where Emanuela Orlandi disappeared.
When the faithful objected to such a hallowed location becoming the tomb of a criminal, the one who came out in defense of the clergy was none other than Giulio Andreotti. According to the now 93 year old senator-for-life, "De Pedis may not have been a benefactor to humanity, but he has been a great benefactor to St. Apollinaire".
