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the mainland newspapers we are informed that in casy lello ailio what a name Tero ler for the sake of Interest treacherously shot Leopoldo biani killing him on the spot bian was very well known on the island of Elba lasari was immediately arrested we're going to head to the local Parish where I'm hoping the priest will find some records on the canavaro [Music] family how far back do you think this church goes I think the first stone is 1,200 oh my gosh really [Music] old these are all the canavaro family all of them all of them this a baptistry registry so you goes back yeah it goes back to 18 this the 1800s we're starting with do you see the name canav am I missing canav here's the word named canav Adel does it say the daughter F yes daughter of Arturo Arturo I think the birth date is this one here 1st of May 1887 Okay We're In 1855 now so aruro my great great grandfather you be you say bees be like we do great great bees bees in Luigi Canada the collection of Records is amazing they follow the canavaro line all the way back and prove my great-grandmother at ala karo's family goes back in this town 10 Generations back to alesandro canavaro who was born here in 1641 eight times great grandfather so about 10 generations and this is the last book that we can find of canavaro knowing that the canavaro go back to my eight times great grandfather is it's interesting but where did my great-grandfather and my great-grandmother meet were they here or did she somehow break that whole that whole lineage those eight times back lineage and did she was she the one to leave this island to to go on to the mainland and did she meet him there or did he whisk her way or who knows I know that leopoldo's body was transported from somewhere but I don't know where that somewhere is so I'm hoping to find that out here and the Mystery Still Remains between the story of this murder and then this supposed illness that still all seems suspect so I'm just looking for any other kind of records that could connect those dots Fabio suggests we check the municipal records at the Historical archives so we're meeting with historian Dr Gloria peria I'm here because my family is from Ela uh the canado family I I know a lot about them I was at the church but I don't know anything about the bian family she found some documents that maybe can be interesting yeah okay so this is the marriage certificate of Leopoldo biani and Maria canavaro Adel the 25th of June 1904 okay we're getting [Laughter] [Music] somewhere this was so beautiful this is a is a like a family certificate what does this mean condition is profession commerci a commercial mer like a merchant like a a merchant of what Gloria saying that the canav family owns K business here in the island and the think the biank came over the island and there was a link between the business and the love maybe they met through this the business he moved from Elba the third of August 1910 6 years later after they got married years later he moved he moved to ches he moved to chesina yes so he maybe meets her father whoever that is they there's a family business they meet they they fall in love and six years later they go back and then seven months after they move to the mainland Leopoldo dies was the local newspaper in 1911 oh there's the front page so Leo I see his name oh my God I'm scared to read it what did he do that rcal Marissa tomé is in ela investigating the circumstances surrounding her great-grandfather Leopoldo bian's death She's just received a newspaper with his name in the headline Leopoldo biani killed in castillon cello from the mainland newspapers we are informed that in casy lello ailio what a name liski for the sake of Interest treacherously shot the apulo bian killing him on the spot byan was very well known on the island of Elba lasari was immediately [Music] arrested reading the article confirmed what we thought that he had been murdered I never really thought that there was an illness even though we saw documented that just didn't add up we know for sure that it was a treacherous murder and it looks like we'll have to go to casy lello where the murder took place so Fabio is staying here in Elba to look for more information about Adela and the canavaro family while I head to castillon cello where Leopoldo was [Music] murdered I'm trying to understand the circumstances is that caused lares to shoot my great grandpa so Gloria suggested that I meet with professor of History Steven Hughes who's asked me to join him at a local cafe I need to know what happened here in C lello I don't know why Leopoldo my great-grandfather was here at all and I don't know I know he was killed here but I don't know where I don't know why okay he was murdered here and uh what we have is from this is a newspaper from lorno and the murders mentioned down here and homicide and costume right