Ricin Poisoning Mystery in Pietracatella: Husband of Man's Friend Questioned
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Police are looking into a strange case in Pietracatella, a town in Italy.
A man named Gianni Di Vita may have been poisoned with ricin. Ricin is a very dangerous poison.
Police talked to a new person. He is the husband of a woman who is friends with Gianni Di Vita.
Police want to know what he knows about the case.
This is part of a big investigation. Investigators want to find out how the poisoning happened.
On November 19, experts will go to Berlin, a city in Germany.
They will do special tests. These tests cannot be done again, so they are very important.
The tests will look at small traces of body material. This can help police learn how the person died.
Police call this strange event a 'giallo'. In Italian, this word means a mystery, like a crime story.
The case is still not clear. Police continue to look for answers.
Vocabulary15 words
- ricin
- a very strong poison; can kill people
- poison
- something bad that can hurt or kill you
- investigation
- when police try to find out what happened
- traces
- very small parts left behind; signs
- giallo
- an Italian word for a mystery crime story
- interrogated
- asked many questions by police
- forensic
- using science to solve crimes
- witness
- a person who may know about a crime
- biological
- about living things or the body
- suspect
- a person who might have done something wrong
- case
- a problem that police are studying
- expert
- a person who knows a lot about something
- test
- checking something carefully
- town
- a small place where people live
- mystery
- something strange that is hard to understand
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1. A dangerous poison 2. The husband of a friend of Gianni Di Vita 3. Berlin
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Police are looking into a strange case in _____, a town in Italy.
A man named Gianni Di Vita may have been poisoned with _____.
Police talked to a new person. He is the _____ of a woman who is friends with Gianni Di Vita.
This is part of a big _____.
On November 19, experts will go to _____, a city in Germany.
They will do special _____. These tests cannot be done again.
The tests will look at small _____ of body material.
Police call this strange event a '_____'.
The case is still not _____.
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