'My daughter’s murder could’ve been prevented’: Aggie Di Mauro Pt.1
5/30/202659 min
When 23-year-old Celeste Manno was brutally murdered in her own bedroom in November 2020, her mother Aggie knew it could have been prevented. A former coworker had stalked and harassed Celeste for over a year, and the warning signs were everywhere. Police were told. Courts were involved. Intervention orders were issued. Somehow, none of it was enough.
In this episode I Catch Killers, Aggie Di Mauro exposes the catastrophic system failures that preceded Celeste's murder, a justice system she believes let her daughter down, and the fight for a coronial inquest that five and a half years later still hasn't happened.
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First 90 secondsGary Jubelin· Host0:00
[upbeat music] The public has had a long-held fascination with detectives. Detectives see a side of life the average person is never exposed to. I spent thirty-four years as a cop. For twenty-five of those years, I was catching killers. That's what I did for a living. I was a homicide detective. I'm no longer just interviewing bad guys. Instead, I'm taking the public into the world in which I operated. The guests I talk to each week have amazing stories from all sides of the law. The interviews are raw and honest, just like the people I talk to. Some of the content and language might be confronting. That's because no one who comes into contact with crime is left unchanged. Join me now as I take you into this world. [upbeat music] Can murders be prevented? It's a complex question, but one that Aggie de Mauro is not afraid to ask. Aggie is the mother of Celeste, a vibrant twenty-three-year-old whose life was brutally taken from her. She was stabbed to death in her own home by a former coworker she hardly knew, who was consumed by obsession. Today, Aggie joins me on iCatch Killers to make a point that is both heartbreaking and undeniable, that Celeste's murder could have been prevented. Nothing said in this conversation will bring Celeste back, but Aggie's voice matters, and if the right people are listening, perhaps lessons can be learnt. Accountability can be demanded