The family of Michele Noschese has been able to repatriate his body to Naples, the city he left behind a promising career as a youth footballer to pursue his true passion, electronic music, as his father Giussepe Noschese told Crónica last week. The Italian DJ died on Saturday, July 19 in Ibiza, where he had been living for five years after buying a house.
On the day of his death, the Civil Guard, alerted by several neighbors in his neighborhood, went to his house. The agents found him on a neighbor's balcony, holding him by the neck and threatening him with a knife. The police intervention managed to subdue Michele, known as DJ Godzi. However, he died while the agents had him restrained on a bed, with handcuffs on his wrists and tied by the feet. The autopsy, however, did not show signs of violence by the officers.
Michele Noschese's death was certified at 09:28 on that Saturday. When the Civil Guard arrived at his home, the DJ was outside, where he had been with friends celebrating a party. The agents found various drugs in DJ Godzi's home, such as cocaine or 2CB. The forensic examiner determined that the musician had consumed drugs.
Five days after Noschese's death, one of the people who was with him at his home appeared before the Civil Guard to explain what he had seen and experienced that morning. The family's lawyer, Rossana Alvaro, wanted him to confirm or deny what he had told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera just hours after his friend's death.
"He was lying on the bed, gasping, until he breathed his last breath. The Civil Guard did not realize I was there, I had hidden in a corner. When they saw me, they shouted: 'What are you doing there? Get out!' Meanwhile, the ambulance had arrived. The doctors and nurses stayed around him for a quarter of an hour. I will testify in a possible trial, in a courtroom. I lost a brother (...) I saw him go. I saw him gasping, ouff, ouff...".
The witness is named Raffaele R. He is 43 years old and owns a hair salon in Ibiza. He had been living at Michele Noschese's house for a month and a half because he had relatives living in his own home. He told the Civil Guard that around 08:15 on July 19, both Civil Guard agents and security personnel from the neighborhood went to the DJ's property. He added that several neighbors had alerted the authorities after hearing a girl screaming and seeing Michele jump onto a neighbor's balcony.
Raffaele told investigators that he arrived at one in the morning, at which time Michele Noschese was not at home. He also explained that his friend woke him up around seven in the morning and, although he did not witness it, he understood that the DJ had consumed drugs because he found him agitated and likely experiencing hallucinations. "Go buy food for my cat," Raffaele said his friend Michele told him at that moment.
The witness also explained that Michele argued with another friend at his home, that the DJ's partner became nervous and fled through the balcony to a neighbor's house. He also said he did not see Michele follow her and later observed him grabbing a neighbor by the neck, but not forcefully.
In that context, according to his testimony, Raffaele R. went down to the terrace pool in the neighborhood. He said his friend had taken his phone and "called the police for help because no one wanted to buy his cat's food." He also testified that he witnessed the Civil Guard's actions because he entered the neighbor's house where Michele was threatening.
The agents asked him if he stood by his statements to media outlets like Corriere della Sera. He replied that he did not, that he was going to sue all journalists who put those words in his mouth. What he did affirm at the police station was that to subdue and handcuff the DJ, the agents "hit him on the back and the side of the face" and that they laid him face down on a bed, in addition to handcuffing him and tying his feet.
When asked if he believed that the police action had caused his friend's death, he said it was not up to him to determine. Raffaele R. also noted that the agents did not try to resuscitate the musician, but did call the emergency services. He added that there were three Civil Guard officers he saw in that house (two men and one woman) and that at no time was he following directives or instructions from his friend's family regarding "what he has to state."
PULMONARY NECROSIS
The morning the Civil Guard went to his house, Noschese had consumed drugs continuously, as revealed by the autopsy, which cited pulmonary necrosis as the ultimate cause of his death. The Civil Guard explained in a statement that before threatening a neighbor, Noschese had allegedly assaulted his girlfriend and had also fought with two other friends from a larger group who were partying with him at his home. The young man supposedly displayed a very violent attitude and was experiencing hallucinations.
The family has not filed a complaint at the moment, although they do not rule it out. They requested the judge for a series of medical tests (a CT scan and an MRI) in addition to the forensic autopsy. The body had seven broken ribs and both clavicles, although the doctor noted in his report that they were due to "autopsy maneuvers." "The rest, within normal limits," he added.
The Rome Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation for alleged involuntary manslaughter in relation to the death of the Italian DJ, as reported by the victim's father through social media last Friday. "The judicial authority has initiated a criminal case, for the time being against unknown persons," said Giussepe Noschese.