Death mystery in Vienna

Mom: “Told Aurora that he was dangerous”

The stewardess lived with her boyfriend here in Vienna-Brigittenau: her cause of death is still a mystery.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Martin Jöchl, zVg)

Turning point in the "Aurora case " - it is being reopened. The pretty flight attendant (24) fell from the third floor of an apartment in Vienna in the summer and the circumstances are more than mysterious. Viennese homicide investigators now urgently want to talk to her partner. Meanwhile, the dead woman's mother is raising hell.

"Stop femicides!" It is white lettering on the blue façade of the apartment building in Vienna's Brigittenau district. A random scribble? Or deliberately placed near the Danube on the building where Aurora Maniscalco died on a warm summer night in June. She, the beautiful southern Italian, traveled around the world as a Laudamotion flight attendant, was cheerful and finally arrived "privately" at the age of 24 - she landed in Vienna with a compatriot. A 27-year-old Sicilian.

Unknown persons sprayed this lettering on the façade of the apartment building.(Bild: Sandra Pichler-Ramsauer)

Case to be reopened
It was their shared apartment that proved to be her fatal undoing at the end of the day. She reportedly fell from the balcony on the 3rd floor and died two days later in hospital. The case was quickly dismissed as an accident or an act of desperation. Now the turnaround: Under pressure from Aurora's family, the case is being reopened. The case is being investigated for incitement to suicide.

Aurora's family won't give up: "We want to know what happened to her".(Bild: privat)

There are contradictory statements and important witnesses were not questioned, says Viennese lawyer Andrea Longo in an interview with "Krone".

The relatives are least willing to believe in a suicide or accident version: "I had warned my daughter about him," says Giada Cucina, the mother of the deceased. Neighbors in the apartment complex also tell of heated arguments between the couple. 

The boyfriend himself admitted to the police that the two had argued violently that evening. However, he wanted nothing to do with the death. What is strange, however, is that he called his parents immediately after Aurora hit the ground in the courtyard. His girlfriend's parents, however, only called seven hours later. 

It is quiet behind door no. 26 - in front of the door is the business card of a homicide investigator who is looking for the 27-year-old Sicilian.(Bild: Sandra Pichler-Ramsauer)

Cucina continues: "I tried in every possible way to tell my daughter that her partner was a dangerous person, that I wasn't comfortable with him. When she came home to Palermo, I noticed several bruises and marks on her arms, as if she had been beaten, kicked and bitten." However, Aurora is said to have become angry and defended her "husband". 

Aurora fell from apartment 26 on the third floor onto the asphalt in the inner courtyard.(Bild: Sandra Pichler-Ramsauer)

She is now dead. But what really happened in apartment no. 26? On Tuesday morning at the "Krone" local inspection, there is silence behind the brown door - a business card with the details of a homicide investigator from the Vienna State Criminal Police Office lies on the floor in front of it. He, or rather the criminal investigation team, is also looking for the 27-year-old. But the Sicilian is missing - probably in his home country. Austrian and Italian authorities are now on the case.

Aurora's mother will not let up until she gets answers: "My daughter was deprived of the opportunity to get out of this house alive. Maybe even her cell phone was taken away, I sent her the last message on WhatsApp at 8 pm and she didn't reply," she said live on Italian television. Aurora fell to her death at 10.44pm. The lawyer will inspect the files next week, when new findings are expected.