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TIL of the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15 year old Vatican teenager who disappeared while returning home from a flute lesson in Rome on 22nd June 1983. In January 2023, Vatican City opened an official investigation for the first time ever on the request of Pope Francis.

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