Per Elisa: An Italian Crime Story

57min

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Reconstruction of one of the most shocking crime news events in recent decades: the murders of Elisa Claps and Heather Barnett by Danilo Restivo. The story begins on 12 September 1993 and takes place over a period of about twenty years between Potenza and the English coast of Bournemouth.

Episodes

Cast

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

54min

24th Oct 2023

Potenza, September 12th 1993, Elisa Claps leaves for mass at Santissima Trinità church, where she meets up with Danilo Restivo. From that moment she disappears.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

57min

24th Oct 2023

Danilo Restivo returns home late, distraught, with a wound on his hand, however the police does not have sufficient evidence to detain him. His father sends him to Naples.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

1h

31st Oct 2023

Danilo is arrested and tried for false statements, but the absence of Elisa’s body does not allow to bring the accusations forward. The case is ultimately closed.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

58min

31st Oct 2023

The Claps case is transferred to the public prosecutor in Salerno. Gildo marries Irene. The two create Penelope, a foundation that supports the families of missing people.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

1h

7th Nov 2023

Danilo Restivo relocates to England and marries Fiamma. In 2002, their neighbour, Heather Barnett, is found dead in her home by her children.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

57min

7th Nov 2023

Potenza, March 17th, 2010, a body is found in the attic of Santissima Trinità church in Potenza: it is that of Elisa Claps.

First air date

24th Oct 2023

Last air date

7th Nov 2023

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

it

Networks