The case of Chiara Jaconis is moving again. According to Il Mattino, appellate judges of the Naples juvenile court have ordered a new court-appointed expert examination to reconstruct the trajectory of the two statuette fragments that struck and killed her.
A hearing to appoint the expert and formally define the technical questions is scheduled for 17 December.
The focus of the new assessment is the path and dynamics of the two objects that hit Jaconis. The objects were reportedly thrown from a home on Via Santa Teresella agli Spagnoli, in Naples.
The order follows an appeal after a preliminary-hearing judge had dismissed the proceedings against the young suspect because of his age. The suspect was under 14 at the time of the incident and is therefore not criminally imputable under Italian law.
Il Mattino reports that the defense requested the appointment of a court ballistic expert and proposed questions concerning the trajectory of the fragments. The appellate court accepted the request for further technical review.
The report describes the minor as considered responsible by investigators. That description does not constitute a criminal conviction, particularly given the finding that he could not be prosecuted because of his age.
Chiara Jaconis's mother, Cristina Venturi, said the family would continue seeking justice.
What the ballistic examination will conclude remains unknown. The full Il Mattino article is reserved for subscribers, so the complete list of questions for the expert and further procedural details could not be independently verified, and no separate court document confirming the order was available.
