 Mainetti's death was declared a martyrdom by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and she has been recognised as a Servant of God since the initiation of her beatification process.The body of Sister Maria Laura Mainetti was discovered in Marmitte dei Giganti park in Chiavenna on the morning of 7 June 2000.Mainetti, a 60-year-old Catholic sister and Sister of the Cross who was mother superior of a local convent which specialised in helping juvenile delinquents, had left the convent the night before to meet with a girl who had telephoned her.