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Vatican Begins Examining Bones From to Identify Them

Sabina Castelfranco

   ROME - Two ossuaries found under the Pontifical Teutonic College in the
   Vatican were opened Saturday and forensic experts began to analyze the
   bones. The ossuaries were discovered by the Vatican last week after the
   opening of two tombs of princesses at the cemetery earlier this month
   revealed they were empty. The tombs had been opened as part of
   investigations into the disappearance of 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi,
   the daughter of a Vatican employee, in 1983.

   The mystery of the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, 36 years ago,
   continues to deepen at the Vatican, giving rise to more questions
   rather than answers. The latest mystery involves bones recovered on
   Saturday for analysis, located in two ossuaries found last week.
   Earlier this month the Vatican had opened two tombs and found the
   remains of the bodies that should have been there were not.
   Church officials said the bodies of the two German princesses who were
   buried in those tombs may have been removed and never returned to their
   original resting place. The tombs were opened following a request from
   the Orlandi family.

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