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Death of Denise Cosco and subsequent investigation
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Denise Cosco, the 35-year-old daughter of justice collaborator Lea Garofalo, died by suicide in a Rome hospital after falling from a third-floor building window of her apartment in Ariccia. Ariccia on September 6. Cosco, who had previously lived under witness protection and testified against her father, had been attempting to rebuild a private life following her mother’s 2009 murder by the ‘ndrangheta. Following the incident, prosecutors in Velletri opened an investigation against unknown persons to explore potential incitement to suicide. Authorities have seized Cosco’s mobile phone to analyze communications for evidence of external pressures or threats. In subsequent developments, investigators seized Cosco’s home in Ariccia after discovering a second mobile phone that was not identified during the initial response. This device is undergoing forensic analysis to reconstruct her final hours. Legal representatives noted that Cosco had previously attempted to establish an independent identity by changing personal details and moving to different cities. Investigators also plan to interview Cosco's partner, who was the only person present in the home at the time of the fall.
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