113 Knife Wounds: This Teen Girl Staged Her Family’s Slaughter

On February 21, 2001, a tranquil northern Italian town became the center of nationwide shock when sixteen-year-old Erika DeNardo ran barefoot into the street screaming that two Albanian intruders had broken into her home and slaughtered her family. Investigators arrived to find a scene of unimaginable violence—her mother Susy Cassini and her twelve-year-old brother Gianluca had suffered dozens of fatal knife wounds. What began as a high-profile manhunt soon unravelled as forensic teams noticed glaring contradictions in the young witness's story, from flat-footed prints on her supposed escape route to untouched locks and quiet watchdogs.

The truth proved far more sinister than anyone imagined. When police placed hidden surveillance equipment in a station waiting room, they captured Erika and her teenage boyfriend Omar Favaro casually joking, bickering over blame, and detailing how they planned and executed the attack using kitchen knives, rubber gloves, and rat poison. This complete chronicle follows the forensic breakthrough that disproved an innocent cover-up, the hidden audio evidence that shocked a nation, and the devastating impact on a surviving father who stood by his daughter through one of Italy's most notorious criminal cases.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:18 The Crime Scene at Novi Ligure
00:04:12 Fabricated Suspects and Public Outrage
00:06:05 Autopsy Reports and Flawed Footprints
00:08:44 The Secret Police Wiretap Breakthrough
00:10:48 Breaking the Truth to Francesco DeNardo
00:12:47 RIS Forensic Analysis and DNA Proof
00:14:50 Premeditation, Motive, and Trial Verdicts


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