Giacomo Puccini refuting the allegations made against her. Elvira Puccini was prosecuted for slander, and was sentenced to more than five months in prison, although a payment to the Manfredi family by Puccini spared Elvira from having to serve the sentence. Some music critics and interpreters of Puccini's work have speculated that the psychological effects of this incident on Puccini interfered with his ability to complete compositions later in his career, and also influenced the development of his characters such as Liù (from "Turandot"), a slave girl who dies tragically by suicide. According to documents found in the possession of a descendant
Enrico Alfano corruption. The investigation got new momentum when Gennaro Abbatemaggio, a young "camorrista" and a former "Carabinieri" informer serving a jail sentence in Naples, testified that the decision to kill Cuocolo, suspected of being a police spy, had been taken at a meeting at the restaurant chaired by Alfano. The developments of the case and suspected police corruption were discussed in parliament several times. Meanwhile, after his release, Alfano left Naples and went from village to village to elude arrest. The "Carabinieri" located him in San Leucio, near Caserta, but he managed to escape. He fled to Rome, obtained a false