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This resulted in a crime of passion, and she was murdered in her bedchamber in Carini Castle, along with her lover Ludovice Vernagallo. lieutenant is also believed that Louisiana Grua killed Vernagallo to prevent Vernagallo from assuming the Lanza inheritance were the Baroness to give birth to an illegitimate child. One reason proposed for Cesare being willing to accept the blame is that the crime qualified as an honor killing and therefore socially acceptable by the Italian nobility at the time.
The confessional letter is housed at the Chiesa Madre church in Carini.
There is a popular legend that, on the anniversary of Baroness Lanza"s murder, her bloody handprint will appear on a particular spot on her chamber wall. The mayor of Carini, in conjunction with a project to restore the famed castle to its 16th century appearance, has reopened the case for forensic study.
In 2007, Italian state television (Radiotelevisione Italiana) aired a two-part drama with the role of the Baroness played by Italian actress, Vittoria Puccini.
