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Emanuela Orlandi was born on January 14, 1968, and she was a Vatican teenager before she disappeared on June 22, 1983. She was then returning home from music school in Rome.
She was in her second year of secondary school in Rome but even though the school year had ended, she was having flute lessons three times a week.
She had the lessons at the Scuola di Musica Tommaso Ludovico da Victoria which was linked to the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music. Emanuela Orlandi was also known to be a member of the choir of Sant’Anna del Palafrenieri in the Vatican.
The disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi became known all over the world. This was due to the fact that Pope John Paul II made an appeal for the release of Emanuela Orlandi.
His appeal was based on the fact that a terrorist organization made claims it had Emanuela Orlandi in its camp. The terrorist group wanted to have Mehmet Ali Agca given his freedom so they could release Emanuela Orlandi.
Two years earlier, Mehmet Ali Agca had been accused of an attempt to assassinate the Pope but then investigations revealed that the accusation was a misdirection.
Over the years, the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi has been linked to international terrorism, organized crime, serial killing as well as the possibility of a plot inside the Holy See to cover up a sex scandal.
Emanuela Orlandi Parents
The parents of Emanuela Orlandi are Ercole Orlandi and Maria Pezzano. Ercole Orlandi worked as a lay employee in the papal household. Emanuela Orlandi’s family lived inside Vatican City. She was the fourth child of her parents and she had four siblings.
Other Details
It is important to note that Emanuela Orlandi has been missing for over four decades now. She stands at 5 feet 3 inches.
Her siblings are Pietro Orlandi, Natalina Orlandi, Federica Orlandi and Maria Cristina Orlandi.
Reference:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Emanuela_Orlandi
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