01x01 - Episode 1

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[ominous music playing]

[videocassette recorder whirring]

-[crowd cheering]
-[emotional music playing]

FULVIO GAMBIRASIO - YARA'S FATHER
AUDIO TAKEN FROM TRIAL DOCUMENTS

[Fulvio] Everyone's proud
of their children. Everyone is.

Yara was a sunny girl.

She had a big, beautiful smile,

and she just…
radiated kindness and beauty.

[man 1] Yara's family could be
described as being very harmonious.

They were a middle-class family
living in Brembate,

a suburban area
where everyone knew each other.

[man 2] The father
is a construction surveyor in the area,

the mother is a kindergarten teacher,

and the family has four children.

They are a religious family
living in a very traditional context.

[Fulvio] Yara's life
was about four things,

home, school, brothers, and sister.

And the thing she really loved
was rhythmic gymnastics.

[announcer] Yara Gambirasio won the title
of regional champion on the rope and ball.

[applause]

[woman 1] Her dream was to become
a rhythmic gymnastics champion.

[man 3] A young girl
who would do all she could

to make it to the gym
and see her friends whenever possible.

MAURA PANARESE - YARA'S MOTHER
AUDIO TAKEN FROM TRIAL DOCUMENTS

[Maura] She'd sometimes stay
to watch the modern dance classes,

so that she could hang out
with her classmates at the gym.

She had just begun to mature
and was a young girl

who naturally looked at life
with the curiosity of someone her age,

but still had child-like features.

[Fulvio] She was the house mascot,
the glue that held us all together.

Yara had an exceptional quality,

which allowed her
to play with Gioele, who was four,

amuse Nathan, who was nine,

and keep up with her sister, Keba,
who was two years older than her.

She really was the soul of our family.

[music becomes ominous]

[siren blaring]

JUNE 16TH, 2014

[reporter 1] Breaking news. At 6:10 p.m.
today, Massimo Giuseppe Bossetti

has been arrested
for the m*rder of Yara Gambirasio.

[man 1 in Italian] He's trying to run!

A 43-year-old builder, a father of three.

Everyone calls him "a good man."

[man 1] Watch out, he's on the run.
Come on!

…identified through his DNA.

[man 1] He went that way! Over there!

…arrested on suspicion
of murdering the girl.

[tense music playing]

-[man 1] How do you go down?
-[man 2] Down here.

[reporter 2] After lengthy,
inconclusive investigations,

a DNA match has been found.

Investigators are now claiming
the case is closed.

[officer] Come on. Come here.
Put your foot here.

He is accused of kidnapping,
torturing and k*lling Yara Gambirasio.

[man 3] You have a van, right? Where are
the keys? Check if he has the keys.

[man 4] Tasso. Get his documents.

Moving on to the m*rder
of Yara Gambirasio.

The prosecutor claims
the puzzle is almost complete.

[siren blaring]

[man 5] Make way.

[ominous music playing]

LETIZIA RUGGERI
PROSECUTOR

LETIZIA RUGGERI - PROSECUTOR
RECORDING FROM THE INVESTIGATION FILES

[Ruggeri in English] You read the report,
which we are notifying you of.

We are charging you
with the m*rder of Yara Gambirasio.

A sufficient amount of DNA was found
on the young girl's underwear and pants.

That DNA matches yours, Mr. Bossetti.

-Are you Massimo Bossetti?
-Yeah, that's me.

Please follow us.

[officer] It's a great result.

It was a collective achievement
for Italy as a country,

the prosecutor's office,
and law enforcement.

MICHELE LORUSSO
COLONEL OF CARABINIERI

[Lorusso] It's all pretty clear.
That DNA is in the worst of places.

We didn't go through a three-year effort
to find you for no reason.

That DNA was found
in the victim's underwear.

You were there as Yara was dying
because your DNA was there!

Can we stop, please?

[dramatic music playing]

[reporter in Italian]
The prosecutor Letizia Ruggeri

went through all the steps of an
"insane and very tiring investigation."

ANGELINO ALFANO
HOME SECRETARY

[in English] This is proof
that in our country

those who k*ll and commit crimes
end up in jail.

[Ruggeri] I have always believed
that we were patiently…

LETIZIA RUGGERI
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

…completing a giant puzzle
from the beginning,

step by step, adding one piece at a time.

I can finally say that the puzzle
is almost complete.

I say "almost," because at the moment,

we're still actively looking
for more evidence.

-[people shouting]
-[man 1 in Italian] f*cking b*stard!

Where are you? f*ck!

b*stard!

[crowd shouting angrily]

[man 2] Where are you, son of a b*tch?

[Ruggeri in English] You have to tell me
if you will answer the questions I ask you

regarding the accusations I've made,

or whether you intend
to invoke your right to remain silent.

Let me know what you would like to do.

[Massimo]
I invoke the right to remain silent.

[Ruggeri] You don't want to answer.
Have you thought about it?

[Massimo] Yes, I've thought about it.

[siren blaring]

[man in Italian] f*cking b*stard!
Where are you? b*stard!

[people shouting]

[man] b*stard!

[emotional music playing]

THE YARA GAMBIRASIO CASE:
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT

[music fades]

[tense music playing]

NOVEMBER 26TH, 2010

[car engine starting]



THE NIGHT OF YARA'S DISAPPEARANCE

[mysterious music playing]

[journalist in English] On the evening
of November 26th, 2010, in Brembate Sopra,

Yara Gambirasio leaves her home
in Via Rampinelli to go to the gym,

about 800 meters away.

[Maura] While I was in the kitchen
with the other kids,

she picked up the speaker
and asked me if there was a bag

she could use to put it in.

I joked that everyone would be watching
her walk around carrying a speaker.

That was it. She said goodbye.

It was getting cold,
so she put on her gloves and left.

[girl] I remember her coming in
carrying her speaker around 5:30.

YARA'S GYMNASTICS TEAMMATES
RECORDING OF COURT PROCEEDINGS

After she put the speaker down,
she sat there with the younger girls

while they were training.

She stayed for about an hour.

She left around… 6:30.

She just waved at me and walked out.

But we can't see the door
from the area where we train.

I didn't actually see her leave.

[journalist] She exchanged text messages
with Martina Dolci until about 6:50 p.m.

WHAT TIME ARE WE MEETING
AT THE COMPETITION ON SUNDAY?

WE HAVE TO BE THERE BY 8.

OKAY. THANKS. BYE.

[Maura] Around 7:00 p.m., since she hadn't
arrived, I tried calling her.

[Fulvio] She would call
for the silliest reasons.

"Mom, I'm staying five minutes longer."

"Mom, I'm sorry. I'm going to watch
the dancers upstairs for half an hour."

In other words, she'd tell us
every move she'd make.

[Maura] The first time I dialed
her number, it went to voicemail

after three or four rings.

[Fulvio] It was about 7:20,

and because Yara was a little late,
Maura told me,

"She hasn't come back yet.
She'll get an earful when she gets here."

[Maura] That's when Keba
approached me and said,

"What if something happened to her?"

And I said, "No way.
She must be watching a dance class."

[Fulvio] Around 7:55,
Maura checked on her at the sports center,

because it was unusual
for her to be so late.

She called me and said, "Fulvio,
there's no one here. Yara isn't here."

I then began driving
around the sports center

and all the other backstreets
in that area.

So, I went to the police
immediately and told them,

"I have to report a missing person.
Something serious has happened."

[telephone ringing]

[ominous music playing]

[automated voice on recording]
Vodafone voicemail service.

This is the voicemail service for Yara.

[music fades]

[somber music playing]

[journalist in Italian] A 13-year-old girl
has disappeared in Brembate,

in the Bergamo area.

She is a young and promising
rhythmic gymnast.

The girl may have left her hometown.

An investigation has started.
Kidnapping is not the only hypothesis.

"It's not a crazy stunt,"
says her mother desperately.

As the hours go by, the situation
becomes more and more worrying.

[in English] The investigating judge
for the Bergamo prosecutor's office…

VITTORIO ATTANÀ
JOURNALIST - ECO DI BERGAMO

…Letizia Ruggeri, took the case by chance,
as cases tend to be assigned randomly.

There's a different judge
on duty each day,

and the news
of Yara Gambirasio's disappearance

arrived on her desk that morning.

[journalist in Italian]
The chief of police from Bergamo

and Colonel Roberto Tortorella
from Carabinieri

paid a visit to the girl's parents.

[in English] I thought she had gone
to a friend's house.

ROBERTO TORTORELLA
LOCAL CHIEF OF CARABINIERI

Her cell phone was turned off, which is
something a 13-year-old girl would do.

So I told the captain and my men
to start searching, but very informally.

We'd search, look around, ask questions.

We didn't expect the worst at first.

[Fulvio] The detectives had to investigate

even though 90% of the kids
who run away from home

do so because of arguments,
disagreements, or boyfriends.

[teacher] I don't think this is a case
of teenage antics. Yara's still a child.

YARA'S TEACHER
RECORDING FROM THE INVESTIGATION FILES

She hasn't discovered boys
or anything like that. Not at all.

[Tortorella] The parents had also been
questioned, which is normal procedure,

and we obviously didn't know if they were
telling the truth about what had happened,

so we took further measures.

We also wiretapped
the Gambirasios' family home.

[Fulvio] They turned everything
upside down

and found nothing, just as I had
told them from the very start.

[Maura] Then he asks,
"Are there other acquaintances?"

I tell him that Yara lived for the gym
and her siblings.

She wouldn't just leave. It was cold out.

She didn't have any money
because she left her purse here at home.

She's always walked down that road.

Friday wasn't even a training day.
She went there to take the speaker.

I told her, "Finish your homework,
go out for a walk."

"Take it on Friday,
so we don't have to worry about it

for the competition on Sunday."

If I hadn't said that,
she'd still be here.

Then gradually, as the hours went by,

we realized that something wasn't right.

[Maura tearing up] I want her home
in any condition, but I want her home.

[in Italian] The search for
Yara Gambirasio resumed at dawn.

The 13-year-old from Brembate,
near Bergamo…

…has been missing since Friday
without a reason.

[in English] Since this morning,
more than 500 men from all over the region

have been engaged in the search.

Of course this operation began
where Yara Gambirasio was last seen

at the sports center.

[Maura] She wore black leggings,
a Freddy T-shirt,

a black sweatshirt
with the Hello Kitty logo on the back,

a black jacket on top,
and black gloves with glitter.

The sports center
from which Yara mysteriously disappeared

is in a bustling area.

New, and quite nice,

with a swimming pool, an arena,
and athletes coming and going.

It's located on a busy road
with heavy traffic.

[Tortorella] Had no one seen her the
moment after she had finished her lessons?

A teacher? Nobody?

[man 1] Are there CCTV cameras along this
route that might've captured something?

There was a public CCTV camera
in front of the gym,

but a storm damaged it during the summer,

so it was of no help to the police.

We didn't have any footage.

Not even a frame showing her
going out through the back door.

The strange thing was
that no one noticed anything.

PAOLA ABRATE
JOURNALIST - BERGAMO TV

No one noticed
a girl disappearing into thin air.

She just vanished.

FULVIO GAMBIRASIO'S FRIEND

I heard the news. As soon as I heard
the name Gambirasio, my blood ran cold.

I went, "f*ck, it's Fulvio's daughter."

[Fulvio] She disappeared into thin air.

No one saw a single thing.

[in Italian] Yara's disappearance.
Another day of fruitless searching.

The situation looks bleaker and bleaker
as hours go by.

ARMANDO DI LANDRO
JOURNALIST - BERGAMO NEWS

[in English] In those days,
we felt something mysterious,

like a creeping
and continuous fear for Yara.

Namely, her disappearance represented
every family's worst nightmare.

[journalist] Madam,
would you say this area is safe?

Well, I thought it was safe,
but I don't know now.

[man 1] We're pretty much scared
to go home alone in the evening.

[man 2] Before it happened,
they'd let us walk around

until a little bit later, but not anymore.

[woman] They say there's a white van
driving around,

picking up young girls
and little children.

[kid] My brother told me today
about a person here in Brembate

who chased a ten-year-old girl,
but she managed to escape.

There's an atmosphere of pain
mixed with fear in town now.

In short, this is not about God,
it's about men's wickedness.

Before she disappeared,
what was she like? Quiet? Calm?

[girl 1] She was pretty quiet.

[girl 2] She was normal,
like any other day.

She didn't seem scared about anything.

[girl 3] I said hi to her
and she seemed happy and excited

about the competition on Sunday.

She just loved all this so much.

[girl 4 crying]
I just want to hug her again.

And tell her that we love her very much

and miss her dearly.

[sniffling]

[telephone ringing]

[automated voice on recording] Vodafone.
Voicemail service.

[beep]

[Maura somberly] My love, it's Mommy.
The house is so cold without you here.

Come back soon. I love you.

NOVEMBER 28TH, 2010

[moody music playing]

JUNE 16TH, 2014

THE DAY OF THE ARREST

[voice exhales on recording]

[telephone ringing]

[woman on phone] Hello?

MARITA COMI
MASSIMO BOSSETTI'S WIFE

[Marita] Listen. They're seizing my house.

RECORDING FROM THE INVESTIGATION FILES

[woman on phone] Marita, listen.
Calm down. Take a breath.

MARITA COMI'S FRIEND
RECORDING FROM THE INVESTIGATION FILES

[Marita] I have to pack now.
I have to get some clothes.

[woman] Come on. Just tell them to wait
and we'll call the lawyer.

[sniffling on phone]

[woman hyperventilating on phone]

My son was sitting on the couch
when the news came out

that they had caught Yara's k*ller.

While looking at him, I said,
"Thank goodness they finally got him."

That's when my daughter came in
from the balcony,

shouting that the police were coming.

[tense music playing]

[man] Your mother's apartment
is connected to this apartment

through that separating door?

[Marita] Yes, yes.

All I remember is that I was sitting
on the kitchen floor, crying.

That's where they picked me up and told me
that my husband was Yara's m*rder*r.

[journalist in Italian]
There was a meeting in prison

between Bossetti and his wife, Marita,

who has been asking repeatedly to see him.

The prosecutor approved.

[Marita in English] It's not easy
going to jail.

Seeing so many guards in uniform

leaves an impression.

Even just being searched

-and hearing armored doors being opened…
-[cell door opens]

-…closed, and slammed affects you.
-[cell door slams]

[latch clicks]

MASSIMO BOSSETTI
RECORDING FROM THE INVESTIGATION FILES

-[Massimo] I miss them all so much.
-[Marita] I know.

Don't worry.
Listen, get yourself together, Massi.

-[Massimo] It's hard.
-[Marita] I know, Massi.

-I'll always be there.
-[Massimo] Why do I have to be here?

I didn't do anything.

[Marita] I will always be there, okay?

-[Massimo] Stay close to me!
-[Marita] Okay?

-[Massimo] Don't leave me here. Please.
-[Marita] No, Massi.

[Massimo] Everyone's always shouting.
I'm really scared.

Do you think they'll beat me up?

[Marita] Mind your own business,
do you understand? Don't talk to anyone.

Don't tell anyone anything.

The worst part is when the visit ends
and you have to say goodbye.

-[Marita] One day at a time. I know.
-[Massimo] I miss you all.

You give him strength to keep going.

-[Marita] I'll bring the kids in August.
-[Massimo] I miss them so much.

You're his lifeline.

[Marita] For the children's sake, Massimo.
Do you understand?

Look at me.

[Massimo] I feel like
I'll never see them again.

[Marita] Of course
you'll see them, Massimo.

To us, it all seemed quite absurd,
like being in a movie.

The children were scared to go outside

because they didn't want
to be filmed or seen.

There were journalists
surrounding my house.

There was also an incident
when we were at my brother's house.

The children were playing outside
in the garden,

and some journalists approached them,

asking where I was.

The whole situation scared them.

[journalist] Marita, I don't want
to bother you. How's Massimo doing?

Can you tell me? Where do you find
the strength to keep going?

JUNE 16TH, 2014

[tense music playing]

NOVEMBER 28TH, 2010



[telephone rings]

-[Maura] Hello?
-[woman] Good evening.

-Am I speaking to Mrs. Gambirasio?
-[Maura] Yes.

[woman] I'm a journalist for the Corriere
della Sera. First off, how are you?

[Maura] How do you expect me to be?

Look, we don't want to make
any statements at the moment.

It was a difficult moment in their lives.
The press was really harassing them.

[Maura] Honestly,
please try to understand.

-You're doing your job and trying to help…
-[journalist] No, no, no.

-[Maura] I only want Yara to return home.
-[journalist] Yes, of course.

-[journalist] She's 13, is that correct?
-[Maura] Yes. What is written is correct.

[Tortorella] We had put our barriers
ten meters away,

but it all felt like a movie set.

[telephone ringing]

-[Maura] Hello?
-[journalist 1] I called you earlier.

-Do you remember?
-[Maura] Yes.

[Fulvio] Yes, hello?
-[journalist 2] I'm from Chi L'ha Visto.

[journalist 3] I'm sorry to disturb you,
but this call is inevitable.

Yara's family are decent people…

ENRICO FEDOCCI
JOURNALIST

…who, at one point,
were ruined by a news story

that took from them what their dream
of a perfect family was.

Later, they also felt violated
by the media,

which just wouldn't let them go.

-[Fulvio] Yes?
-[journalist 4] Mr. Gambirasio?

[journalist 5] Journalist for Channel 5…

[Maura] No.
We're not talking to the press.

[journalist 6]
I wanted to ask you a bit more…

[Fulvio] Look, we're not talking
to anyone else today.

[Maura] We don't want to say anything.

-[journalist 7] No!
-[Maura] No, really!

That's what freedom of the press
is all about.

We are a necessary evil.

Journalists must report
on what's happening,

even in such a delicate case
as that concerning a 13-year-old girl.

-[journalist 8] Why?
-[Maura] Enough.

-[journalist 8] I'm trying to be polite.
-[Maura] I know.

[Maura] But you cannot understand
what we're going through.

-[journalist 8] Madam, I must--
-[Maura] Enough is enough. Stop it now.

[journalist 9] Hello?
Can you hear me? Maura?

[Abrate] It's a pity they forgot
what journalistic ethics are.

Even in investigative journalism,
there's a level of respect.

You don't do it
by trampling on people's privacy

or on the sensibilities of those involved,

the Gambirasio family,
the mayor, the parish priest,

locals, everyone.

No. Mmm-mmm.

I guess I would've expected people
to have had a conscience.

Simply buying groceries at the market
was an issue for them.

They were literally assaulted.

[officer] Police, good morning.

[Fulvio] Good morning,
this is Fulvio Gambirasio.

[officer] Good morning, Mr. Gambirasio.

[Fulvio] Could you please ask the patrol
in front of my house

if they can get the photographers
to move away from my gate?

I have things to do,
and they can't just film me while--

[officer] All right.

Have some respect for the family.
They don't want them on camera.

Are you talking about children?

If they pass through here,
you can still film them.

[Tortorella] My first impression
of the Gambirasio family

was that it was a modest household.

They were kind people.

Despite their deep personal pain,
their dignity affected me emotionally,

though I could not let that show.

[journalist in Italian] On via Rampinelli,
the wait continues.

Don Corillo pays his daily visit
carrying gifts from the parishioners.

[in English] In their pain,
silence, and discretion,

they have a unique strength and dignity.

They're asking us to continue praying.

They are people of faith,
a simple and humble spirit

that keeps them going.

That's the truth.

The parish priest of the village
supported them a lot.

Not only during the usual Sunday sermons,

but sustained them through faith.

[mysterious music playing]

[automated voice on recording] Vodafone.
Voicemail service.

Please leave your message after the beep.

[beep]

[Maura somberly] Hi, sweetheart.

Tonight, in a few minutes,
there will be a candlelight procession

beginning from your school.

I'm praying, Yara.

Mama hopes that Our Lady
performs a small miracle, a small sign,

to bring you back home.

[sorrowful music playing]

You are coming home, my love.

Stay strong, my love. Wherever you are.

[Corillo] We are disoriented.

These days, the word often
repeated when discussing Yara is "angel."

[man] This torchlight procession
is to remember Yara

and to see if our collective hope
and our prayers can help bring her home.

We must try
to help this family by praying.

[sorrowful music continues]

[journalist 1 in Italian]
Snow and cold temperatures

do not prevent the search for Yara.

Civil Protection volunteers,
firefighters, local police and Carabinieri

have been combing through
the area south of Bergamo

in Zingogna, Curno,
and the banks of the Brembo river.

Police dogs are used as well.

[journalist 2 in English] Have you heard
the witnesses? Is there hope?

There's always hope. We can't give up.

[ominous music playing]

[journalist 3] Military investigators
are receiving anonymous reports.

[officer] Police.

ANONYMOUS CALL

[man] Hey, listen up. If she wore white
underwear on the day she went missing,

you should look for her inside a tube.

See it for yourself.

-[officer] Got it. Inside a tube?
-[man] Yeah.

Inside a tube?

[Tortorella] Believe me, we have had
plenty of reports from all over.

But we would welcome more
to ensure that we have the conditions

to operate thoroughly
and haven't missed anything.

[journalist 4] Investigators
are following several people,

tailing and wiretapping all over town.

There's no clear lead yet,
though the most reliable witnesses,

among the dozens
summoned to the police station,

say they saw Yara with two people
on the evening of her disappearance.

She was coming from that direction.
I recognized her as soon as I saw her.

ENRICO TIRONI
WITNESS

[journalist 5] Enrico Tironi,
the young super witness,

is the last person
to have seen Yara on her way home.

[Maura] I think he's
at the police station right now.

He's a young guy who lives near here
and goes to school.

His brother is Keba's classmate,
so he's pretty reliable.

We haven't talked to him,
but we know who he is.

I saw her with two guys. I don't know who.

[journalist 6] So one was probably
Italian and the other maybe, uh…

[Tironi] A foreigner, I think.

He could've been Moroccan
or Romanian, mean-looking.

Enrico Tironi was a disturbed person,

a bragging prima donna of sorts.

These things happen. I've always taken
everything he's said with a grain of salt.

[Tironi] There weren't
many cars parked here.

I only saw one
with the parking lights on. That was it.

-[journalist 6] You know the car brands?
-[Tironi] I saw it, I recognized the make.

It was an old Citroën, I think.

[journalist 6]
Have you told the investigators?

I mean, I should tell them.
But… I'm not sure.

That's why. I'm not sure I really saw it.

Of course, every lead and investigative
possibility was kept open at that point.

I remember Enrico Tironi
was questioned five times,

and his version was pretty shaky.

[journalist 7] Is Tironi trustworthy?

I really have no comment.
All right? Can I go now? Thank you.

[Maura] Now, people are coming up
with things, seeking attention.

I was very, very disappointed
in Enrico Tirono.

[woman] What an idiot.

[Maura] He said he made it up
because he wanted to grab the spotlight.

I mean, to do something like that!

This investigation
attracts many mythomaniacs,

There are a lot of people willing to say
anything for their 15 minutes of fame.

[journalist 8 in Italian]
According to investigators,

he's just one of many witnesses.

There are more solid leads
being followed in silence.

[in English] Among the many leads,
there were plenty of psychics.

We heard about 300 of them.

[telephone ringing]

-[Maura] Hello?
-[woman] Is this Yara's mother?

PSYCHIC
ON THE PHONE

-[Maura] Yes. Yes.
-[woman] I work as a psychic.

[woman] I see that the girl
was taken… by a person

who gravitates around the gym environment.

[Maura] Mmm.

[woman] She has her hands
and feet tied up.

You have to look in the basement.

[mysterious music playing]

[journalist 9 in Italian]
Swiss police dogs have arrived,

and searched all morning.

[in English] The dogs got involved
due to an instinct Colonel Tortorella had.

The Ticino police in Switzerland
had these bloodhounds used for tracking.

We did not have this program
as well-developed in Italy.

[man] These dogs are trained to follow
a specific odor molecule of a person.

He can distinguish about 600
to 650 stored scents

and the particular scent
we want him to find.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Maura] I gave them her toothbrush
and the shoes she had on Friday morning

-so that the dogs could have…
-[woman] So they can track her scent.

MAURA PANARESE'S FRIEND

[Fulvio] The dogs arrived at the gym,

and then all three left
through the electric parking gate.

In other words,
the dogs followed Yara's scent from there.

[man] So, they're tracking her?

[Fulvio] Exactly.
At this point, a new possibility arose…

[ominous music playing]

…that Yara left the gym
with a person she knew.

[journalist 10 in Italian] Joker,
the dog provided by the Swiss police,

also leaves the sports center
opposite the one leading to Yara's house.

[Maura in English] According to the dogs,
Yara left the sports center

and turned right instead of left.

On this street, there are no houses,
and there's nothing.

But it makes no sense.
She'd never do that.

[Attanà] It's a relatively isolated area

because there are warehouses and factories

but no residential buildings,
houses, commerce, or businesses.

[journalist 11 in Italian]
Everyone's holding their breath

as they follow where the Swiss dog,

with a long experience searching
for missing persons, is leading.

[in English] This dog
traveled quite a distance,

almost two full kilometers,
and eventually arrived

at the gate
of a shopping mall construction site.

[tense music playing]

As the mall lead seemed to gain traction,

the second police canine to reach the mall
went completely berserk

in front of a door.

We found out that door led to
the electrical system's distribution room.

[ominous music playing]

It was a cable storage room,
and the dogs sniffed something there.

The first, second,
and third dogs all took us there.

That's basically the area.

Everyone focused
on that construction site.

It seemed like a turning point.

The newspapers were already saying
that the answers to the questions

we've been asking ourselves were there.

[Attanà] It was seized and searched.

The police forensics department
was involved.

In a few hours, they intervened

and went through this large structure,
inch by inch,

where a shopping center was being built.

We're looking for anything that might
be useful for our investigation.

[Tortorella] We tried everything.

In addition to the dogs,
we also scanned the area

with machines to see if she had possibly
been buried in a concrete block.

This is how the Sicilian mafia
disposes of bodies.

Within a few hours, blanket interceptions
are carried out on all the workers

entering and leaving
the construction site.

The construction company employees,

the employees and owners
of subcontractor companies,

skilled workers,
unskilled workers, immigrants.

[journalist 12] How many workers
are employed on the site?

About a hundred. Maybe more.

Tunisians, Poles, Romanians.

All the workers' phones
are being monitored.

POLICE

[telephone ringing]

[indistinct chatter on phone]

A marshal from Bergamo,
an excellent detective,

called me and said,

"Commander, you must come
to the investigation room immediately."

"Something doesn't feel right."

I went to the Bergamo Court
investigation room

where an Arabic-speaking interpreter

translated a sentence for us.

"I didn't k*ll her."

It's a sentence
that obviously triggered the blitz.

[siren blaring]

Mohamed Fikri enters this investigation
in an unexpected way,

like in a movie.

Based on the location,
he was at a port in Genoa.

We called them, but we were too late.
The ship had already gone.

[dramatic music playing]

[Attanà] He had boarded a ferry
that was taking him to his home country.

[siren blaring]

[Tortorella] At that point,
we had to block the ship.

We could see it was moving slowly,

almost about to leave
our territorial waters.

What do the police do at this point?

They are forced to stop this ship.

We boarded the ship,
and we managed to catch Fikri.

[people shouting]

[journalist 13] A ship was diverted

to allow the military
to take him to Bergamo

and have him interrogated
by the public prosecutor, Letizia Ruggeri.

[Attanà] The perfect suspect. A foreigner
who had worked at the construction site.

He was leaving the country and mentioned
something about k*lling in a conversation.

Your cousin didn't say anything about
his possible acquaintance with this girl?

No, not at all, and I'm sure.

I'm prepared to swear
that he would never have said that.

[Tortorella] You know what the province
of Bergamo is like. It's very particular.

After Fikri's arrest, I remember
there were already r*cist acts happening.

If I go to Morocco and k*ll a person,
they cut off my head.

[man] Here is yet another immigrant
who's here working,

sets his eyes on a girl,
maybe wants to r*pe her, then kills her.

AN EYE FOR AN EYE
A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH

And he wants to escape to his country.

MOROCCANS AWAY FROM BERGAMO

We're afraid of everything now.
We can't take it.

YARA, BROKEN FLOWER
NO MERCY FOR THOSE WHO STEPPED ON YOU

Does it make you angry
that the suspect is a Moroccan man?

Of course it makes me angry.

They're capable of anything,
even doing those things.

Those that don't belong here,
get them out. Banish them.

[woman] In my opinion,
there are too many of them.

MOROCCANS, GO AWAY

"MOROCCANS AWAY FROM ITALY"

[journalist 14] There is anger
towards immigrants…

BREMBATE IS DIVIDED

…and people of Brembate do not hide it.

The Church's roll was fundamental
in containing these things

that could lead to aggressive behavior.

Please, let us not harbor hatred,
revenge, and grudges in our hearts.

[Tortorella] The cardinal of Milan
personally intervened in the ceremony.

I'd never seen that before.

He urged the population
to have more tolerance.

It was a very tense situation.

[lively music playing]

[woman] Good afternoon, everyone.

Thank you very much
for continuing to follow us.

A few minutes ago, we were watching
the various news programs.

And like everyone, we're shocked
by the arrest of a Moroccan man

who may be charged
with the m*rder of Yara,

the girl from Brembate,
in the province of Bergamo.

-[telephone ringing]
-[tense music playing]

[officer] Mr. Fulvio.

[Fulvio] I apologize
if I'm disturbing you.

[officer] Talk to me.

YARA'S FATHER
ON THE PHONE WITH CARABINIERI

[Fulvio] At the Foot of Kilimanjaro
is a TV show.

I don't know if you're familiar with it.

On Sundays,
they talk about travel and other trivial--

[officer] Today they talked
about your little girl.

[Fulvio] They started the show with
"The tragedy of Yara's m*rder."

I mean, my wife broke down.
I was there with her.

I was stunned. What? Yara's m*rder?

Is there anything you haven't told me?

[officer] Don't rely
on what journalists say,

because unfortunately,
if you forgive me the expression,

when someone is an animal,
there's nothing we can do about it.

[Fulvio] I mean, "Yara's m*rder…"

[officer] Look, we don't have proof
of m*rder because we don't have a body.

-[Fulvio] No, of course.
-Forgive me if I'm blunt--

[Fulvio] You have to be frank with me,

because we're on the verge
of collapse here.

DECEMBER 4TH, 2010

[tense music playing]

JUNE 19, 2014
BERGAMO PRISON



[moody music playing]

[journalist 1 in Italian] Today has been
called the day of truth

for Massimo Giuseppe Bossetti,

who, for the first time since his arrest,
has decided to speak out.

[Ruggeri in English] Okay, Mr. Bossetti.
Did you know Yara Gambirasio?

[Massimo] I've never met Yara
or any of the family members.

I only know Mr. Gambirasio by sight.

-[Ruggeri] Her father?
-[Massimo] Yes.

-[Ruggeri] You've never seen the girl?
-[Massimo] No. No.

-[Ruggeri] You've never seen her?
-[Massimo] No.

EZIA MACCORA
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION JUDGE

[Maccora] When you mentioned
you knew her father,

what did you know about this incident?

[Massimo] We all knew at the construction
site that he was Yara's dad.

[Maccora] I'm guessing
this event was discussed

in the construction world, right?

[Massimo] There was
always talk of the fact

that Mr. Gambirasio had made a…

He'd spoken about Mr. Locatelli,
against his family.

And that, out of spite,
they made him pay for it.

[dramatic music playing]

[man] The Gambirasios
know a gentleman named Locatelli,

simply because he's a neighbor.

Mr. Locatelli owns a company called Lopav.

[journalist 2] Lopav is the Brembate-based
company that was working on the flooring

of the Mapello shopping center
at the time of Yara's disappearance.

It was founded in 2001,

and it became a leader
in its sector in a few years.

Until October 15th, 2010,

when the company from Ponte San Pietro,
near Bergamo, was seized,

and creditors began to come forward.

The contracts worth millions
that the Locatelli brothers obtained

before October 2010
remain on the official website.

[Lorusso] Why do you have this idea
that Yara's m*rder

is an act of revenge
against Fulvio Gambirasio?

[Massimo] It's just something that…

-I'm just saying--
-[Lorusso] You should know.

-[Massimo] No, I know.
-[Lorusso] I don't know.

[Ruggeri] Put yourself in our shoes. How
are we supposed to believe this version?

[ominous music playing]

JUNE 19TH, 2014

DECEMBER 4TH, 2010



[Maura] We were going to bed,
and the commander arrived.

[woman] But why?

[Maura] He told us
there's a lead they're following.

"It seems that those things you heard
on TV may be true," he told us.

He told us they stopped
a North African man embarking in Genoa.

"We're interrogating him
and we're following this lead."

[Di Landro] It's Saturday evening,
on December 4th.

A week after she went missing, Yara's case
seemed to be at a turning point.

It's almost exclusively based
on that interception.

"God forgive me, I didn't k*ll her."

But Fikri insists
he has nothing to do with what happened.

He said he was calling an acquaintance
who owed him money,

presumably someone from home,

and as the phone rang,

he suddenly said,
"Allah, make him answer the phone."

[telephone ringing]

MOHAMED FIKRI
WORKER

[indistinct chatter]

[mysterious music playing]

[Tortorella] At first glance,
as a good detective, I spoke to him.

But I had this feeling
that he was telling the truth.

And then, as it happened,
I called the judicial authority.

The prosecutor appointed
an Arabic language expert,

who discarded the translation
of the three interpreters.

[journalist 1 in Italian]
The Moroccan arrested

due to a poorly translated interception
was released from prison today.

[Di Landro in English] They only verified
the phone call with three Arabic speakers

after the Moroccan man asked the judge,

"Please, play that phone call
to someone who speaks Arabic."

MARCO OLIVA
JOURNALIST, TELELOMBARDIA

[Oliva] It's difficult to imagine that,

with all the wiretappings going on
in Polish, Moroccan,

Tunisian, and Albanian,

it was possible to keep up
with all the phrases

that these workers were saying
while chatting on the phone.

And not only on the phone.

Those that listened to this,

unaware of the actual contents
of Fikri's conversation in Arabic,

probably heard, "Ya rabbi."

[man 1] All right, Fikri, can you tell us
exactly what you said in Arabic?

[speaking Moroccan Arabic]

[Oliva] "Ya, rabbi."

But pronounced quickly in a conversation,

"Yara," "Ya rabbi," "Yara,"

essentially triggers
the first arrest warrant for Fikri,

based on the word, "Yara."

Having fully focused the attention
of the Police of Brembate

in that direction for three days

undoubtedly gave the advantage
to the real perpetrators.

[journalist 2] There has been
an aggressive display,

so to speak,
and little investigation work.

[man on TV show]
To me, it doesn't make much sense.

The most obvious explanation is

Yara went with someone she trusted.

[Ruggeri] Mr. Gambirasio, please refrain
from listening to what's on TV.

I haven't watched it since November 26th.

I know that there have been controversies,

but that's only because
no one knows anything.

Letizia Ruggeri was asked many times
to be joined by someone else.

She always said no.
She would do it on her own.

Unfortunately, we have not been lucky

because we've yet to find valuable leads
to help solve the case.

A lucky break would be most welcome,

but you can't depend on luck.

[tense music playing]

What worries me a lot about this case

is that there is no starting point.

I get the sense
that there's no clear path to follow here.

We started reviewing
all the witnesses' statements again,

looking for any glimmer of hope

that the investigation could be restarted.

I have to be honest.

We were stuck in a tunnel
with no end in sight.

[tense music fades]

[sorrowful music playing]

[beep on telephone]

[Maura] Hi, sweetheart.
Today I'm really sad.

Yara, please tell me what to do.

Where can I pick you up?

I'll come right away, my love.

Please. Just tell me where you are.

DECEMBER 28TH, 2010


AFTER THE DISAPPEARANCE

[indistinct chatter]

[Fedocci] When Maura and Fulvio
spoke to the press that time,

it was a touching moment.

[camera shutters clicking]

They just sat down for a statement.

I remember the father's words

while sitting by this woman
who was suffering deeply.

[sorrowful music continues]

[Fulvio] Good morning.

Sorry. We're not used to these things.

We're very uncomfortable.

First of all,
I wanted to say thank you to all of you.

Thank you to all the people
who have been following us, helping us,

and truly, with so much love and respect,

comforting us and supporting us
on this journey of hope.

We believe, and we are convinced,

along with law enforcement,
that Yara is alive.

So we decided to make this appeal,

to leave no stone unturned
in our search for Yara.

We want to raise awareness
among the people

who have been holding her c*ptive

so that they understand the situation.

We beg the people
who are holding her for mercy.

We ask them to rediscover
a feeling of love in their hearts,

and that after looking into her eyes,

they can open that door
and return her to us.

-Thank you.
-[rapid camera shutters clicking]

[journalists clamoring]

[sorrowful music fades]

[ominous music playing]

[journalist 1 in Italian]
The body of a young girl

was found on the banks of the Serio river.

[journalist 2] The body was found
a few kilometers from Brembate di Sopra.

[journalist 3]
Investigators are expected on site

to establish the identity of the victim.

[ominous music continues]

[music fades]

[sorrowful music playing]

[sorrowful music fades]