in the summer of 1606, one of the nuns at the convent threatened to expose the relationship. as a consequence of this threat, osio killed her in order to avoid the spreading of the story. this murder apparently took place with the complicity of both sister virginia and other nuns. sister virginia threatened all the nuns complicit in the murder that they would suffer the same fate if they revealed the crime. the murder remained secret because outsiders were told that the murdered lay sister had run off. in the autumn of 1606, however, rumors about the activities at the convent became more frequent. the blacksmith who had counterfeited the keys was also killed by osio.