Almost a year has passed since the mysterious disappearance of Kataleya Chicllo Alvarez, the 5-year-old Peruvian girl who vanished into thin air on June 10, 2023 from the former Astor hotel in Florence, where she lived with her mother, little brother and other immigrant families. desperate and homeless.
The investigations, which never stopped, have reconstructed some elements. The little girl was taken away with a "well-organized plan" leaving Via Monteverdi, an area not covered by cameras. «Kata's disappearance is the result of a well-organized plan and not of an extemporaneous activity – says Filippo Spiezia, chief prosecutor of Florence – We have confirmation that the network of cameras surrounding the former hotel has a hole, a area not covered by the video surveillance system which was exploited" by those who organized the kidnapping of the little girl. The escape route is behind the former hotel: the kidnappers may have taken Kata away by crossing a two meter high wall and walking on the roofs of the garages of an apartment building to finally land in Via Monteverdi, a side street.
There are four main leads: drug trafficking, the room racket in the former Astor hotel, impersonation and sexual abuse. And there are two suspects: Kata's two uncles, her father's brother and her mother's brother. «At the moment there are no elements to archive their position - explains Spiezia - The investigations have never stopped, we have cultivated new hypotheses but we have also proceeded with a re-reading of extensive investigative materials collected in the initial phases»".
On June 10, 2023, the little girl's mother was late in realizing her daughter's disappearance. At 3.45pm he returns from work to the supermarket and takes a shower. She is calm, she has entrusted the children to her brother. Then he goes to look for them, finds the eldest son but not Kata. The woman checks the building, the courtyard, the street. But there is no trace. She calls 112 and is invited to the barracks, in Borgo Ognissanti. The woman makes a mistake: first she stops at the Fadini barracks, then at the Polfer headquarters. It's 8pm when he signs the report. And the searches begin. The last image of Kata was taken at 3.13pm by the cameras aimed at the former Astor. It can be seen climbing the fire escape on its own to the third floor and descending into the courtyard. Then it vanishes.
