DisappearanceUnsolved
The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
Rome, ItalyJune 22, 1983
On June 22, 1983, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi — daughter of a Vatican employee — vanished in Rome. Her disappearance has been linked to the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, the Banda della Magliana crime syndicate, and the Vatican Bank scandal. Despite decades of investigation, her fate remains unknown.