Mirella Gregori (born 7 October 1967) mysteriously disappeared from Rome on 7 May 1983, about forty days before the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a citizen of

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. Both vanishings are unsolved as of today.

International events

Both the Gregori and the Orlandi cases led to the

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, an extremist Turkish group, claiming to be involved in the abductions and demanding the release of

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, the assassin who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square on 13 May 1981. According to Mehmet Ali Ağca's autobiography, the two girls' disappearances as well as the disappearance of Soviet journalist Oleg G. Bitov from the

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on 9 September that same year are closely linked.

Circumstances of disappearance

Gregori left her house after receiving an apparent call from a classmate called "Alessandro", she then told her mother she would meet with the classmate outside and would be back in 10 minutes. That was the last time she was seen.

Suspects

During a visit of the

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to a Rome parish, on 15 December 1985, Gregori's mother recognized a man in the papal escort as the person who often came to pick up her daughter at the house. The man was identified as Raoul Bonarelli.

Roman remains

Remains found in Rome in October 2018 were thought to possibly be those of Mirella or Emanuela Orlandi. Early reports said the remains could be those of a woman, but results of tests released on 1 February 2019 showed they were of an ancient Roman man who died between 190 and 230 AD.

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