Per Elisa: An Italian Crime Story(2023)

Per Elisa: An Italian Crime Story is a documentary series reconstructing one of Europe's most shocking unsolved murders. On September 12, 1993, 16-year-old Elisa Claps vanished in Potenza, Italy. Her disappearance remained a mystery for decades until new evidence emerged linking her death to Danilo Restivo, a man later convicted of murdering English woman Heather Barnett in Bournemouth. The series spans twenty years across two countries, tracing the investigation that finally connected these crimes and brought a killer to justice. Through interviews and archival material, Per Elisa examines how persistence and forensic breakthroughs solved a case that haunted two nations.