Claudia Bernardi, the former model found dead in her home in Venice: she was 53, the police investigate
The last post on Facebook portrays her as she was: beautiful, beautiful, even with a blue hat pulled on his head and a pair of dark goggles which had become the distinctive accessory of his figure. A past as a model and beauty queen, which she also had selections for Miss Italy. Then there is a silence that lasted 13 days, in which only friends write to her, but she no longer publishes anything. The last message, also from a friend, reveals the tragic truth to all social media visitors: “I learned of your disappearance and I don’t want to believe it“. Because Claudia Bernardi she’s dead. She died at 53 and her disappearance is a mystery, which the police are now trying to unravel.
Every death in Venice brings with it the suggestion that comes from the literary reference. But in the city of calli Claudia had become a local celebrityAnd. For his expansive nature, his willingness to talk to everyone, if he could help out. Everyone remembers her like this: at the table in a bar, always the same, every morning, having breakfast with a brioche and a cappuccino. Allegra, having a chat with those who approached her. But the coffee table has been empty since the beginning of March. For a few days, voluntary isolation was thought of. Maybe to reflect on an existence, as it will be rebuilt later, not easy. Then, when the phone calls continued to go unanswered, relatives and friends called the fire brigade. They found it spilled on the ground, lifeless. Several bruises on the body. Near the phone, where there was still the last WhatsApp message sent by a friend. But she hadn’t answered: there was no blue tick.
To better understand the dimension of this Venetian mystery, we need to start by telling who Claudia Bernardi was. She too had been in the running for the title of Miss Italy. In 2019, almost unconscious object of a shot, she was once again the protagonist of the chronicles. She is the woman who, during the high tide that invaded the city (someone will hear the moving appeal of Mayor Brugaro on TV), raised her skirt to keep it from getting wet. A complicated life, after the aspirations to break into the world of fashion. Addictions, contracted when he aspired to the world of catwalks in Milan. The death of her mother: a tragedy for her. The son entrusted to the grandfather. The job finished in 2007 at the Casino, where she had worked on the ceremonial and then by now at the card office. The story had ended in court because (this is the accusation) he had pocketed some money.
Then some work. Nothing more for 10 years. She told it with her sincerity. Everyone loved her, and bars and shops, like the grocery store near her home, allowed her to buy drinks and groceries on credit. “I last saw it about ten years ago – reveals a friend – and I offered her a spritz. What horrible news“. The first tests exclude that there was violence. The hypothesis that prevails in the first hours is that of abuse of medicines or substances. Bruises as a result of a bad fall. Nobody would hear him. We are in calle dei Zoti, it is a two-storey house with an independent entrance. There are no neighbors, because here, ten minutes from Rialto, Venice experiences its dispossession of the local population in favor of rentals for tourists and second homes. The police, however, do not want to close the case before having verified everything. The latest contacts, friendships, phone calls and messages. There remains the pain of her father Claudio, who found her lifeless together with the firefighters. Tell the Courier of the Veneto: “When she was born in 1969, child psychologists didn’t exist. We found ourselves having to deal with her when she was already a troubled teenager. She was beautiful, having started with the world of fashion and beauty contests made her end up in the wrong environments “.