Gelsomina Verde
{{Short description|Italian murder victim}}
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| name = Gelsomina Verde
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| birth_date = 5 December 1982
| death_date = 21 November 2004 (aged 21)
| death_cause = Homicide
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| known_for = Victim of Di Lauro clan
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Gelsomina Verde ({{IPA|it|dʒelsoˈmiːna ˈverde}}; 5 December 1982 – 21 November 2004) was a victim of the Camorra who was tortured and subsequently murdered during the Scampia feud in the city of Naples on 21 November 2004, aged 21.{{in lang|it}} [http://www.repubblica.it/2004/k/sezioni/cronaca/napol/donna/donna.html Gelsomina vittima dei clan carbonizzata dopo l'esecuzione], La Repubblica, 22 November 2004
Murder
Verde, a leather factory worker, was abducted and tortured by members of the Di Lauro clan, in an effort to make her disclose the whereabouts of her former boyfriend, a Scissionisti clan member, Gennaro Notturno. Gelsomina and Gennaro had broken up weeks prior to her abduction.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-blood-is-running-mafia-wars-erupt-again-23689.html 'The blood is running': Mafia wars erupt again], The Independent, 8 December 2004{{in lang|it}} [http://www.robertosaviano.it/documenti/9924 Roberto Saviano sul delitto di Gelsomina Verde] robertosaviano.it
An autopsy conducted on her corpse revealed that she had been killed with three shots to the neck after enduring hours of torture. The killers then set her body on fire inside her car, in order to hide the torture she had suffered and not to cause public commotion after her death.
Aftermath
= Public reaction =
Verde's death caused widespread public revulsion and led to a major crackdown by the authorities. The president of the Campania region (of which Naples is the capital) Antonio Bassolino said: "This challenge must be met and the state must pay attention." Two days later, Home Minister Giuseppe Pisanu dispatched 325 extra police officers to the city which already had a higher ratio of police to people than any other in the country.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4075269.stm Naples police in huge mafia swoop], BBC News, 7 December 2004 This contributed to the end of the feud in September 2005.
= Trial =
Verde's family was a civil party in criminal proceedings that ended on 4 April 2006.{{in lang|it}} [http://www.internapoli.it/articolo_stampa.asp?id=6200 Processo alla faida:120 anni di carcere] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625015903/http://www.internapoli.it/articolo_stampa.asp?id=6200 |date=25 June 2009 }}, internapoli.it, 4 April 2006 It resulted in the life imprisonment of Ugo De Lucia, considered{{by whom|date=April 2017}} to be one of the most brutal killers in the Di Lauro clan. Another Di Lauro clan member, Pietro Esposito who testified against his former cohorts, received a prison term of seven years and four months for his involvement in the murder.{{in lang|it}} [http://www.ilroma.net/test3/pagine_new/articolo.php?id=2112 De Lucia si nascondeva in un hotel di lusso]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Il Roma, 25 February 2005{{in lang|it}} [http://www.ilroma.net/test3/pagine_new/articolo.php?id=2131 Chiesta l’estradizione per De Lucia] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20110723154240/http://www.ilroma.net/test3/pagine_new/articolo.php?id=2131 |date=23 July 2011 }}, Il Roma, 26 February 2005
On 13 December 2008, Cosimo Di Lauro, was sentenced to life imprisonment for ordering the murder of Gelsomina Verde.{{in lang|it}} [http://www.napolionline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15809 Cosimo Di Lauro, ergastolo per Gelsomina]{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Corriere del Mezzogiorno, 13 December 2008{{in lang|it}} [http://www.robertosaviano.it/content.php?__params=/9918&LANG=FR Di Lauro, ergastolo per il delitto di Gelsomina Verde che Saviano aveva raccontato in Gomorra] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619135745/http://www.robertosaviano.it/content.php?__params=%2F9918&LANG=FR |date=19 June 2009 }}, La Repubblica Napoli, 13 December 2008 Di Lauro died in prison on June 13, 2022. An autopsy was ordered.{{in lang|it}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cronaca/2022/06/13/camorra-cosimo-di-lauro-morto-in-carcere-a-milano_d76eff75-8ac3-40f5-ac72-dc9edf0a8ea7.html|title=Camorra: Cosimo Di Lauro died in prison in Milan|publisher=Ansa|date=13 June 2022|access-date=13 June 2022}}
Legacy
Verde is mentioned in the 2006 book Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano, while she is also the inspiration behind a character named Manu (played by Denise Perna) in the television series of the same name, who appears in the ninth episode entitled "Gelsomina Verde".
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Category:People murdered by the Camorra