Legal father of Denise Pipitone requests reopening of investigation into her abduction
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The legal father, Tony Pipitone, who raised Denise, the 4-year-old girl who disappeared from Mazara del Vallo on September 1, 2004 and was never found, is now requesting new investigations. Along with the mother of the little girl, Piera Maggio, Pipitone has never accepted the disappearance. Three years after the last dismissal ordered by the Gip of Marsala, he is asking prosecutors to investigate once again. The new elements that would justify a reopening of the case are not known yet. The legal representative of Pipitone, Luisa Calamia, stated that the prosecution has not yet responded, so there is still a secrecy of the investigation. However, since there is no ongoing investigation, the secrecy of the investigation does not apply.
The disappearance of Denise is one of the darkest news stories in recent years. The little girl was kidnapped while playing outside her grandmother’s house. It was a very quick abduction by someone who likely knew her and was familiar with her.
Initially, Jessica Pulizzi, the daughter of Anna Corona and Pietro Pulizzi, Denise’s biological father, was accused of the disappearance. She was believed to have acted out of revenge against Pipitone, who had a child with her father, who was then married to another woman. After years of legal proceedings, Jessica was acquitted with a final ruling.
The investigation into Denise’s disappearance has been reopened several times due to false sightings, anonymous tips, and new leads that turned out to be inaccurate. Most recently in 2021, Anna Corona and Giuseppe Della Chiave were added to the list of suspects, as well as a couple from Rome who fabricated information claiming to have knowledge of Denise’s case.
After months of inquiries, the prosecutors requested the dismissal of the couple, who admitted to lying. The request was also made for Corona and Della Chiave. The judge agreed, stating that insisting on finding a culprit regardless of the truth does not serve anyone. The case made headlines again in 2021 after a Russian TV channel reported the discovery of the missing girl, which was later proven false through DNA testing. Since then, there have been further false leads, unreliable witnesses, and statements from a former magistrate investigating the case in 2004, who was later convicted of providing false information to prosecutors.
Il rapimento di Denise Pipitone, il padre legale chiede la riapertura delle indagini
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