Stefano Cucchi died on October 22, 2009, in an hospital in Rome. Alone. He was just 31 years old. He was a geometrician living with his parents in Torpignattara, in the southeast of Rome.

The cause of his death is still a "mystery" only to the public, the media, and for those who are under prosecution for his death.

Let's go in order

On the night of October 15, 2009, Stefano Cucchi was detained by the Italian Carabinieri because was accused of dealing drugs in the street. He was driven to the Carabinieri station after they found substances on him (apparently cocaine, marijuana, and some pills, which were for medical use to help with his epilepsy).

The following day he was taken to court, limping and already showing bruises on his body. The judge fixed the date of the trial for a few weeks from that day.

But Stefano never made it to the trial. The day after he appeared in court, he was rushed to the hospital while still in custody. On October 22, he died. At the time of his death, his weighed was only 37 kilos – seven fewer than on the day of his arrest.

After his death, Carabinieri officials said that he was died because of his drug addiction, the same story told by Undersecretary of State Carlo Giovanardi: "He died due to anorexia or drug addiction."

Immediately, the victim became the executioner: he died because he was a drug dealer, a drug addicted, which led to problems with anorexia. He was the cause of his death.

Battling the justice system

Stefano was killed. Not only that night, the last of his life, but every day since. Every day, new speculations kill him again. His family, led by his sister, Ilaria, engaged a battle against the Italian justice system, which showed very little interest in pursuing justice.

Ilaria Cucchi took the doctors of the hospital to court, accusing them of abandoning her brother in condition of malnutrition, leaving him without water. She also took to court the prison officers who guarded Stefano while custody.

Since the legal battle started, Ilaria has obtained nothing but a wall of silence. The ultimate insult comes from medical experts put forward by the defense, who testified that Stefano died of an epileptic fit, the causes of which remain unclear.

But where were the doctors when the epileptic attack occurred? Did they leave him to himself? Are doctors not responsible for the abandonment of a patient in serious condition?

We all have these questions to ponder. We know that to get justice will be very difficult, if not impossible. But we won't give up. We'll stand with Ilaria until the end.