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Tragic Death of Woman Who Testified Against Father in Notorious Mafia Murder of Mother

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A woman who testified against her own father after her mother was murdered in a notorious mafia killing in Italy is believed to have taken her own life. Denise Cosco was found critically injured on Sunday and died later in hospital in Rome. Her mother Lea Garofalo, who was killed in 2009, became a powerful [...]

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Lea Garofalo had become an icon because she had testified against her husband's Ndrangheta clan. She paid for her courage with her life. Her daughter now had the same fate.

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She was 35 years old, she had been a witness of justice. Don Ciotti: "A life between courage and suffering" . In 2009 the father had killed in Milan the woman who had denounced his crimes related to the "ndrangheta."

·Milan, Italy
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She killed herself at age 35 Denise, the daughter of the witness of justice Lea Garofalo. The news, anticipated by 'Avvenire', was confirmed to the ANSA by several sources....

·Rome, Italy
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Rome, 10 Sep. (Adnkronos) - Denise Cosco, daughter of Lea Garofalo, a witness of justice who paid with her life the choice to rebel against the 'ndrangheta. The news, anticipated by 'Avvenire', was confirmed at the 'Adnkronos'. Suicide at 35 years of age, the same age as her mother when she was killed. "Today a brave and suffering young woman died. Courage and suffering represented the two extremes within which Denise's entire life moved, the tw…

·Rome, Italy
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She threw herself out of a window. She was the same age as her mother when she was killed by the girl's father in 2009, with the complicity of her first boyfriend.

·Rome, Italy
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Avvenire broke the news in Milan, Italy on Thursday, September 10, 2026.
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