Journalist uncovers

The mysterious case of a missing Italian woman

The body was found hanging from a tree in 1990.(Bild: Ajuntament de Girona, Krone KREATIV)

For 32 years, the South Tyrolean woman was considered missing - until a TV documentary brought her mysterious death on the Costa Brava to light. But was it really suicide? Doubts about the official version are growing, especially since suspicious traces were discovered in the victim's mouth.

It was around three years ago when Christian Mader, head of the "Österreich findet euch" association - whose main job is as a detective - received a call from a colleague in Spain: The investigator told him that a mysterious death was being investigated there and that suspected witnesses were from Austria, so it would be important to find them ...