Is Denise Pipitone in Russia? Piera Maggio: “Hopeful, but without deluding ourselves”

«We want to stay with our feet firmly planted on the ground, cautiously hopeful but without deluding ourselves too much. Also because past reports have shown us that illusion leads nowhere.
These are the words of Piera Maggio in an audio message sent to “Who has seen it”. The journalists of the broadcast directed by Federica Sciarelli, are back on the trail of Denise Pipitone. The story of the girl who disappeared from Mazara del Vallo in 2004 was rekindled after the message on TV from a 22-year-old girl Olesya Rostova. The young woman, very similar to Piera Maggio, said she was kidnapped when she was little.

The young woman sent a letter to the editorial staff of пусть говорят (in Italian “Let them talk”), a Russian broadcast on the Primo Canale broadcaster, to look for her family. Rostova she said she was quick as a child and taken to a Roma camp in 2005 when she was about 5, an age compatible with Denise’s.

The Russian girl then lived in the nomad camp, begging for alms to bring money to the community. Subsequently she was arrested and transferred to an orphanage where it was given its current name. Host of the TV show, Olesya then appealed to her mother. «I have never forgotten you, I am looking for you and I have the possibility to find you. Here I am, I am alive, I want to know you and find you ».

In the message sent to “Who has seen it”, Piera Maggio added: «In these cases, obviously the only thing to do is to ask for the DNA to be made and that is what we will ask. (It seems that the exam has already been done, ed) The only solution to dispel any doubts. I would like to say that we really want to thank those who are close to us and in solidarity right now. This makes us understand how many people and how many people love Denise and have not forgotten her. This fills our heart ».

In the story of the Russian girl there are certainly elements that coincide, such as the age of the kidnapping with that of the disappearance of Denise Pipitone. However, there are also some dubious aspects. Meanwhile in the photos as a child Rostova, for example, she is very different from Denise as a child.

Furthermore, the young Russian explained that she has no memories “in Italian”. While Piera Maggio had, on the other hand, told that his daughter, already at the age of four, spoke in Italian and also in Sicilian dialect.

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