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Opening of the tomb of Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in the Vatican's Teutonic Cemetery, July 11, 2019. Credit: Vatican Media.

By Catholic News Agency July 11, 2019

Vatican City, Jul 11, 2019 / 10:35 am (CNA) – The opening of two tombs on Vatican property revealed both graves to be completely empty, providing no answers in the unsolved disappearance of an Italian girl 36 years ago, the Vatican reported Thursday.

“The research has given negative results: no human findings or funerary urns were found,” stated Holy See spokesman Alessandro Gisotti July 11.

The tombs, located on Vatican extra-territorial property adjacent to Vatican City State, were opened in an attempt to find a clue to the 1983 vanishing of Emanuela Orlandi.

Orlandi was the daughter of an envoy of the Prefecture of the Pontifical House and a citizen of Vatican City State. Her disappearance at age 15 has been the subject of international intrigue, including suspicion about the Vatican’s role, since it occurred.

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