It was a hot day on June 22, 1993, that afternoon Emanuela was supposed to be rehearsing for the end of the year school show, she was carrying her flute and a leather bag on her shoulder as she always did. No one expected this would be the last known sighting of Emanuela Orlandi, and the start of a list of conspiracy theories that could rival a Dan Brown novel.
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