A City Of Refuge

Emanuela Orlandi    disappeared  1983

FROM VATICAN CITY.                ROME — The disclosure this week of a five-page, typewritten document that was stolen from an armored cabinet inside the Vatican has revived the mystery surrounding a 15-year-old who vanished in 1983. The fate of the teenager, Emanuela Orlandi, has been the subject of much speculation, and the document — purportedly written by a cardinal — suggests that the Vatican may have been directly involved in her disappearance. The Vatican called the document fake, and a spokesman, Greg Burke, called the allegations contained in it “false and ridiculous.” Even the investigative journalist who published the document said it could be a fake, noting that it remains unclear who wrote the document, when or — crucially — why.
Born	14 January 1968 VATICAN CITY STATE
Disappeared	22 June 1983 (aged 15) ROME, ITALY
Status	MISSING for 35 years, 4 months and 13 days
Nationality	ITALIAN
Height	160 centm (5.2 ft)
Parents	Ercole Orlandi (father) Maria Orlandi (mother)
Family	Pietro Orlandi (brother)