Emily Salvini (31 October 1989 – 3 May 1997) was a seven-year-old girl who was killed in an arson attack in her family home in Reading, Berkshire in May 1997.

Katie graduated from Sussex University with a degree in politics and met Marco on a holiday in Italy in the late 1980s.

Emily died of smoke inhalation, and the severity of Katie and Zach's injuries required a transfer to the specialist unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire.

[1] Thames Valley Police stated that the "calculated and pre-planned" arson attack was a deliberate attempt to murder Katie Salvini and her children.

[1] Following the attack, police closed off part of Hemdean Road and a mobile incident room was set up in the street.

Katie Salvini had reported to police that her telephone cable had been cut two weeks previously; two men had been questioned then but released without charge.

[9] In July 1997, police issued an unusual artist's impression of a "man without a face", which was based on a description given to them by two witnesses who were not close enough to see his facial features.

[11] On 6 August 1997, police arrested a 33-year-old male and his common-law wife at their home in Cavendish Road, Emmer Green.

[1] In April 1999, almost two years after the attack, Katie Salvini made a plea for help to find her daughter's killer and police stated that they believed someone was shielding him or her.

In 2017, on the twentieth anniversary of the attack, Katie and her son Zach, 23, made a new appeal for information to find Emily's killer.

Thames Valley Police said they would be carrying out new forensic tests on fire debris retrieved from the scene of the crime.