11179 Unrelated legal (criminal) question

Unrelated legal (criminal) question. I just found your forum and thought that it might be a good place to start for information on research I'm doing for a short story (fiction) I am working on. I'd like to hear from anyone with knowledge of the Italian legal system (or with information on who I might approach for additional details) for the following questions, relating to the scenario I have created in my story, which I will briefly summarize here:

1. A foreigner tourist gets in a row with another foreign tourist. Tourist A pushes tourist B, and B strikes his head. He later dies. Meanwhile, A has left Italy for the USA. Identifying papers are removed from the now dead Tourist B.
2. All this occurs in a tourist town of the Cinque Terre and the municipal police are called first to investigate what is initially just a dead body. They rightly conclude that the dead person is likely a foreign tourist - from his clothes and backpack.

Here are my questions to anyone who might have an answer:

A) Would the municipal police be the first responders if someone makes an emergency call in, say, Vernazza?
B) If there is enough to suggest a suspicious death, which police agency would then conduct the investigation?
C) How would the issue of identity of the dead tourist be resolved and by which police agency? Regional? Local? Carabinieri?

Thank you in advance for anyone who has a possible answer or can direct me to others who do know the answer.

Regards,

Gordo Noir in Seattle

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 15:43

Id say
a) Carabinieri
b) Carabinieri
c) Carabinieri

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 15:59

Hey - why not post your interesting query about police investigation in a new thread?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 16:03

In my opinion, the investigation would be carried out by the Carabinieri at La Spezia. Vernazza or any of the other four towns at the Cinque Terre would be unable to handle the case. But, as Charles says, it would be better to start a new thread on the subject.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 04:15

[quote=ram;105457]Id say
a) Carabinieri
b) Carabinieri
c) Carabinieri[/quote]
yes,that is correct,they might also involve the special scientific/forensic department of the Carabinieri R.I.S from probably Parma.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 06:31

There is another commonly used abbreviaton for the scientific police (who I'm sure would get involved) - I'm pretty sure it begins with ER (which I think stands for esaminazione reperti, or esperti reperti), but I can't remember it exactly or track it down. Maybe someone else knows what I'm referring to. (These are different scientific police from the carabinieri ones who sebastiano has mentioned.)

Edit: This group of specialist police, part of the Polizia dello Stato, are called ERT. Stands for esperti ricerca tracce. I think they have only one headquarters, in Rome. They rush about at crime scenes wearing brightly coloured jackets with ERT writ large (pretending to be FBI perhaps!)

In addition, assuming the murder victim had a cellphone, the Polizia Postale would no doubt get involved in tracing last calls etc.