PALERMO, Italy, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Italian prosecutors hope to determine if the man buried in a Sicilian cemetery is really Salvatore Giuliano, supposedly killed by police in 1950.
Historian Giuseppe Casarrubea says he has found inconsistencies in the official story that suggest the body may not be Giuliano, Italian news agency ANSA reported. Many of his admirers have long believed Giuliano faked his death and began a new life.
The body buried as Giuliano was exhumed Thursday from a grave in Montelepre, near Palermo. Another autopsy is to be performed and investigators hope to obtain DNA to be matched against his relatives.
Palermo assistant chief prosecutor Antonio Ingroia said the body in the grave had already been autopsied and had injuries like those made by gunshots.
While officials have long regarded Giuliano as a criminal, his nephew, Salvatore Sciortino, says he was a leader of the movement to liberate Sicily.
UPI
