Catania, 13 June 2022 – Kidnapped by hooded and armed men: there is great anguish in the province of Catania for the disappearance of one girl 5 years old, seized a Plan of Tremestieri, fraction of Tremestieri, a municipality located in the metropolitan area of the Sicilian capital, to the north. Little Elena was with thereto Mom by car, returning from kindergarten, when she was picked up by some people, maybe three. It was precisely the complaint of her mother that triggered her investigations: the woman presented herself to the carabinieri of the nearby municipality of Mascalucia, where he lives with his daughter. There public prosecutor of Catania opened an inquiry for seizure.
The hooded commando
On social media, photos of the little girl are running, along with a description of the facts, not officially confirmed. In the post, which went viral, we read that the girl was “kidnapped in the Piano Tremestieri area around 15” by “three hooded people aboard aauto“of which” the model, color and license plate is not known.
The investigations are being conducted by the military of the provincial command and the Misterbianco Tenenza, who are expanding the search area. I sift through the videos of the video surveillance cameras acquired by the carabinieri in Piano, where the child was kidnapped. Checks were carried out on aauto found abandoned.
The familiar track
Further investigations were carried out in the nursery school frequented by the girl and it naturally digs into the family life, to reconstruct dynamics and acquaintances. Investigators also listened to the padre and other relatives. Just of “family dynamics” speak out Enzo Magramayor of Mascalucia: “It upsets me, I have goosebumps as I speak, for whatever event may have happened, innocent children cannot be put in the middle who then cry for their entire life traumas of this kind”.
Mouths sewn up by the investigators at the moment. The Etnean prosecutor has put a stop to the request for details that comes from various parts, making it known that “it will not give further information at the moment”. “We are in a delicate phase”, explains the prosecutor Carmelo Zuccaro, who limits himself to excluding the motive of the ransom: the family has no economic problems, but it is not rich either. Also unlikely mafia trail. Organized crime is reluctant to kidnappings and sensational gestures.