Investigations continue on the kidnapping of Elena , the 5-year-old girl kidnapped yesterday while she was in the car with her mother in Piano di Tremestieri Etneo , in the province of Catania.
The woman told the soldiers of the Mascalucia lieutenancy that she was returning home, after having taken her daughter to kindergarten , when three hooded people and one armed with guns opened the door of her car, picking up and taking Elena away .
In kidnappings, time is crucial: the carabinieri are hearing people who could have useful details for a turning point, - parents, uncles, grandparents - and last night the Catania prosecutor's office authorized the dissemination of two photos of Elena . A shot just yesterday: the little girl is seen in a blurry reflection, wearing a white short-sleeved T-shirt and a pair of yellow shorts. The other is from last May 8: the little girl wears a jumpsuit over the top and, smiling, shows a card with the final part of the word “happy mom” at the bottom.
Behind the kidnapping there would be no mafia hand and not even a ransom demand . A hypothesis, all to be confirmed, was put forward by the mayor of Mascalucia, Enzo Magra: "I made myself available to the carabinieri to help research also through civil protection, volunteers, but - he said - I was told that it is not a question of bewilderment or flight, but something else, probably family dynamics ".
The parents apparently do not live together: they would have had personal disagreements, apparently not serious.
Prosecutor Carmelo Zuccaro spoke of "a delicate moment of the investigation which does not allow further information to be provided".
(Unioneonline / D)