Hi all friends, my name is Yuri and I am writing from Sardinia, the island where Giorgio Soddu (Sodder) was born in 1895.
I am new to the forum, but I have read all the discussions related to this case. Case that has tormented me for at least ten years.
I apologize for my English, I hope you understand what I write.
I will not enter into the merits of the various hypotheses on what may have happened that Christmas night many years ago. All respectable hypotheses, but some that arise with an underlying original sin. That is, we start from wrong assumptions, the result of a lack of knowledge of certain socio-economic and historical realities of the environment from which the protagonists come. First of all Giorgio Soddu who came from Sardinia.
I am referring in this case to the hypothesis that the Italian-American mafia of the 40s could kidnap and kill 5 children just to spite their father guilty of not succumbing to racketeering or extortion. This is not a plausible hypothesis, for several reasons: there have been several historically confirmed murders of children, caused by the Sicilian mafia in Italy over the last 150 years. There are about 108, the first was completed in 1896, but the phenomenon had its peak between the end of the 70s and the early 80s and then during the 90s, or in correspondence with the notorious "mafia wars", that is the various wars between family clans. In fact, there are also some episodes also in the 50s and 60s, but always following a war between clans or family feuds, never for simple extortion or racketeering. Until the 70s, that is, the first that the so-called Corleonesi, the mafia (the Sicilian one, not the Neapolitan one that is the "camorra", or the Pugliese one that is the "sacred crown united", or the Calabrese one or " la Ndrangheta ") followed an ethical code, not always respected, but in general, children were not to be killed. The exceptions concern precisely the wars between clans, family feuds and the children of informers.
So I find it quite unlikely that the Italian-American mafia (which was much less violent than the Sicilian and much more hidden and less flashy) would kill children just to spite their father. With the risk of attracting the spotlight of the law, of the F.B.I. on their presence, their business and their activities in the area,
This point, for those who are familiar with the historical dynamics of the various mafias, is objectively absurd.
I repeat that I do not want to offend anyone with adjectives, you will excuse me but I do not have a good command of the English language.
There are also other factors that lead me to exclude a Mafia conviction in the kidnapping of children. But I think I've already bored you enough for the moment.
If you have any questions about where George comes from go ahead, I'm at your complete disposal.
I am new to the forum, but I have read all the discussions related to this case. Case that has tormented me for at least ten years.
I apologize for my English, I hope you understand what I write.
I will not enter into the merits of the various hypotheses on what may have happened that Christmas night many years ago. All respectable hypotheses, but some that arise with an underlying original sin. That is, we start from wrong assumptions, the result of a lack of knowledge of certain socio-economic and historical realities of the environment from which the protagonists come. First of all Giorgio Soddu who came from Sardinia.
I am referring in this case to the hypothesis that the Italian-American mafia of the 40s could kidnap and kill 5 children just to spite their father guilty of not succumbing to racketeering or extortion. This is not a plausible hypothesis, for several reasons: there have been several historically confirmed murders of children, caused by the Sicilian mafia in Italy over the last 150 years. There are about 108, the first was completed in 1896, but the phenomenon had its peak between the end of the 70s and the early 80s and then during the 90s, or in correspondence with the notorious "mafia wars", that is the various wars between family clans. In fact, there are also some episodes also in the 50s and 60s, but always following a war between clans or family feuds, never for simple extortion or racketeering. Until the 70s, that is, the first that the so-called Corleonesi, the mafia (the Sicilian one, not the Neapolitan one that is the "camorra", or the Pugliese one that is the "sacred crown united", or the Calabrese one or " la Ndrangheta ") followed an ethical code, not always respected, but in general, children were not to be killed. The exceptions concern precisely the wars between clans, family feuds and the children of informers.
So I find it quite unlikely that the Italian-American mafia (which was much less violent than the Sicilian and much more hidden and less flashy) would kill children just to spite their father. With the risk of attracting the spotlight of the law, of the F.B.I. on their presence, their business and their activities in the area,
This point, for those who are familiar with the historical dynamics of the various mafias, is objectively absurd.
I repeat that I do not want to offend anyone with adjectives, you will excuse me but I do not have a good command of the English language.
There are also other factors that lead me to exclude a Mafia conviction in the kidnapping of children. But I think I've already bored you enough for the moment.
If you have any questions about where George comes from go ahead, I'm at your complete disposal.
