Wilma Montesi

Wilma Montesi (3 February 1932 – 9 April 1953) was an Italian woman whose body was discovered near Rome. The finding of her lifeless body on a public beach near Torvajanica, on Rome's littoral, led to prolonged investigations involving sensational allegations of drug and sex orgies in Roman society.

The accusation of Ugo Montagna and Piero Piccioni (son of vice-prime minister, Attilio Piccioni and lover of actress Alida Valli) caused a scandal. Subsequently they were absolved of all charges. Her murder remains unsolved.

Saturday, April 11, 1953, the day before Easter, the lifeless body of Wilma Montesi was discovered on the beach of Torvaianica, near Rome. The woman, who was 21, had been missing since April 9.

Wilma Montesi was a girl from a modest background (she was the daughter of a carpenter). She was born in 1932 in Rome, where she lived in via Tagliamento. At the time of the disappearance, she was engaged to a policeman located in Potenza she was about to marry. The girl was considered to be very beautiful, she longed to enter the world of cinema and show-business of Cinecittà (she also starred in several movies with small appearances). Everyone described her as reserved and noble, committed on finish the troudeau for the upcoming wedding, planned for the next Christmas.

The body was found by a laborer, Fortunato Bettini, who was having breakfast at the beach. The body was lying on her back on the shore, immersed in water only on the side of the head. The young woman was partially dressed and the clothes were soaked with water: she was no longer wearing her shoes, skirt, stockings and garter belt and also the bag was gone.

When the news of the discovery was disclosed, newspapers came out with extensive articles, although the investigators had banned the press access to the mortuary where the body of the victim was kept. However, by a stratagem, a reporter of Il Messaggero, Fabrizio Menghini, managed to sneak through and to see the body. The description he made was published the next day and it allowed the father of the poor girl, Rodolfo Montesi, to show up for the recognition of the corpse.

From the reconstruction of the last moments of the life of the girl, it emerged that the girl had not returned home for dinner on the evening of April 9, contrary to their habits. The mother, along with her other daughter, Wanda, had spent the afternoon at the movies watching The Golden Coach and stated that Wilma had declined to join them because she did not like movies with Anna Magnani, adding that she would probabily go out for a walk. After returning home, the two women noticed that Wilma was not there, strangely she had left home her personal documents and some jewelry of modest value, gift of her boyfriend, that she habitually wore when she went out.

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