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“Suffocation hypothesis,” autopsy reports on the bodies of the divers who died in the Maldives continue. Await further results.

The autopsies on the bodies of the five divers who died on May 14 during an immersion at over 50 meters deep in the Maldives continued in the morning of May 26. On Monday, examinations were performed on the bodies of Gianluca Benedetti and Federico Gualtieri at the hospital in Gallarate (Varese); today, Monica Montefalcone, Giorgia Sommacal, and Muriel Oddenino will undergo examination. Information regarding the causes of death is still emerging, and the results of toxicological tests and the final report will not be available for 90 days; the most likely scenario is asphyxiation and subsequent drowning.

The operations were entrusted to expert consultants Luca Tajana, Cristiana Stramesi, and Luciano Ditri, appointed by the public prosecutor of Busto Arsizio, Nadia Calcaterra, on behalf of the Rome prosecutor’s office, which is investigating a charge of negligent manslaughter. Family consultants also participated: for Montefalcone and Sommacal, forensic physician Enrica Valdi, appointed by the lawyers Giuseppe Pugliese and Alessandro Albert, who represent Carlo Sommacal, Monica Montefalcone’s husband and father of Giulia Sommacal.

“The first two autopsies have concluded and no particular findings were made on the bodies. Numerous samples were taken for histological and toxicological examinations. Only these examinations will provide information, but we must wait for the expert report, for which the experts have requested and obtained ninety days of time.” This was the comment of legal counsel for the Gualtieri family, Gianluigi Dell’Acqua, who hoped the bodies of the victims could be returned to their families “in the coming days. We await authorization from the Prosecutor’s Office.”

Parallel examinations were also conducted at the Forensic Medicine Institute of the University of Pavia, which, however, had at this time ruled out the presence of obvious anomalies, deferring any conclusions to the histological and toxicological investigations ordered by the specialists. In any case, establishing the exact circumstances will be determined by the analysis of the GoPro cameras and equipment worn by the victims, although Italy will need to request an international request for evidence (rogatory letter) to obtain that material.

It will also be important to obtain documents and testimonies to define the permits for the expedition. The focus of the investigation is the mission entrusted to the University of Genoa by Professor Montefalcone, although the university had clarified from the earliest days after the tragedy that “the underwater diving activity did not in any way fall within the scope of the scientific mission, but was carried out on a personal basis.” This triggered controversy when the university removed the institutional profiles of Professor Muriel Oddenino from its online directory.

“Hypothesis of Asphyxiation,” autopsies continue on divers who died in the Maldives. Waiting for the rest of the results comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

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https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/05/26/sub-morti-maldive-autopsie-notizie/8399029/

Agi: Atterrate a Malpensa le salme dei 4 sub italiani morti alle Maldive

AGI - È atterrato intorno alle 13 e 10 il volo della Turkish Airlines che ha riportato in Italia le salme dei quattro sub morti durante una immersione. I corpi di Monica Montefalcone, docente di biologia marina all'Università di Genova, di sua figlia Giorgia Sommacal e dei due giovani ricercatori piemontesi Federico Gualtieri, di Omegna e Muriel Oddenino di Poirino, nel Torinese, dopo le operazioni di sbarco verranno portate all'obitorio dell'ospedale di Gallarate (Varese), struttura di riferimento per l'aeroporto di Malpensa.
Da lunedì le autopsie dei quattro corpi
Qui, a partire da lunedì, saranno eseguite le autopsie. L'esame autoptico sarà eseguito su tutti i corpi, compreso quello di Benedetti, a partire dal pomeriggio di lunedì 25. La procura della Repubblica di Busto Arsizio, che opera per delega della Procura di Roma che ha aperto un fascicolo per omicidio colposo, affiderà l'incarico con i relativi quesiti a Luca Tajana, dell'Istituto di medicina legale dell'Università di Pavia, alla tossicologa forense Cristiana Stramesi, sempre di Pavia, e all'anestesista, rianimatore e specialista di medicina sportiva e subacquea Luciano Ditri, uno dei massimi esperti italiani in medicina iperbarica. I legali delle famiglie potranno nominare i propri consulenti di parte. La famiglia Gualtieri indicherà la dottoressa Carola Vanoli, medico legale dell'Asl del Verbano Cusio Ossola.
 A gestire la procedura è il sostituto procuratore della Repubblica di Busto Arsizio Nadia Alessandra Calcaterra, che opera su delega della Procura di Roma, a cui afferisce il fascicolo che ipotizza il reato di omicidio colposo per ora contro ignoti. Il magistrato bustocco conferirà lunedì in un' udienza in programma alle 12,30 gli incarichi ai periti. Le parti lese potranno nominare i propri consulenti di parte. La prima autopsia a essere eseguita sarà quella del capobarca Gianluca Benedetti, il primo a essere stato riportato in Italia.

The bodies of the 4 Italian divers who died in the Maldives have arrived at Malpensa.

Turkish Airlines flight arrived around 1:10 PM, bringing the bodies of the four divers who died during an underwater excursion back to Italy. The bodies of Monica Montefalcone, a marine biology professor at the University of Genoa, her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, and the two young Piedmontese researchers Federico Gualtieri, from Omegna, and Muriel Oddenino from Poirino, will be taken to the mortuary of the Gallarate hospital (Varese), a reference center for Malpensa Airport, after the disembarkation procedures.

Autopsies on the four bodies will begin on Monday. The autopsy will be performed on all bodies, including that of Benedetti, starting in the afternoon of Monday, May 25th. The public prosecutor's office in Busto Arsizio, operating on behalf of the Rome Prosecutor’s Office which opened a file for negligent homicide, will entrust the task to Luca Tajana, of the Legal Medicine Institute of the University of Pavia, forensic toxicologist Cristiana Stramesi, also of Pavia, and anesthesiologist, resuscitation specialist and specialist in sports and underwater medicine Luciano Ditri, one of Italy’s leading experts in hyperbaric medicine. The families’ lawyers can appoint their own expert witnesses. The Gualtieri family will indicate Dr. Carola Vanoli, a forensic physician of the Verbano Cusio Ossola Health Authority.

The procedure is being managed by Substitute Prosecutor Nadia Alessandra Calcaterra of Busto Arsizio, operating on behalf of the Rome Prosecutor’s Office, to which the file is assigned, which currently hypothesizes the crime of negligent homicide against unknown individuals. The Busto Arsizio magistrate will confer the assignments to the experts in an audience scheduled for 12:30 PM on Monday. The injured parties can appoint their own expert witnesses. The first autopsy to be performed will be that of capobarca (boat driver) Gianluca Benedetti, the first to be brought back to Italy.

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https://www.agi.it/cronaca/news/2026-05-23/atterrate-a-malpensa-salme-sub-maldive-37198432/