Sunday, March 26th, the second date of Verissimo: Silvia Toffanin’s TV living room. From 4.30 p.m. at Canale 5 there will be many guests in the studio. Debut in the program for Maria and Catello Celentano, the parents of Angela, the girl who vanished into thin air 27 years ago. The two parents are still looking for their daughter today and have never given up hope of being able to hug her again one day.
What’s up
Angela Celentano’s unsolved case flares up again. The little girl disappeared on August 10, 1996, at the age of 3, during a picnic on Monte Faito in Vico Equense, in the province of Naples. Now the mother claims to be sure she saw her in a South American model. “That’s her,” the woman would have said, weeping, as she looked at a photo where the similarities actually seem to exist. “We were able to acquire pictures and what Maria said when she saw this photo was exciting,” lawyer Luigi Ferrandino, lawyer for the Celentano family, said into the microphones of the Tgr Rai Campania.
The Story of Angela Celentano
On the morning of August 10, 1996, Angela Celentano, a 3-year-old girl, with her parents, a housewife and a worker and 40 other people, took part in the annual trip to Monte Faito carried out by the Evangelical Community of Vico Equense (Naples) usually do this every summer. Suddenly, just after 1 p.m., Angela’s father realizes that his daughter is no longer there to play.
Renato, an 11-year-old boy, says he just walked down the path to the parking lot with Angela to put his ball in the car. He asked Angela not to follow him, but the little girl would not be persuaded. Half way down – the corresponding description is “Who saw it?” – The path intersects with another cross: here Renato repeated to Angela that she should return to her mother and then continued his descent alone. He left the ball in the car and returned to the rest of the community without hitting anyone.
All those present, relatives, friends and volunteers, go in all directions in search of Angela. The area is very busy, there are many day trippers but no one seems to have seen it. While the parents never left the place of disappearance in the days that followed, the Carabinieri, the Guardia di Finanza, the police, the army, canine units and helicopters also intervened under the direction of the Naples Prefecture. In the end, the investigators are convinced that Angela can no longer stay in this area.
“The Carabinieri from Vico Equense listen to the testimonies of the travel participants and watch the short film images shot shortly before Angela’s disappearance it shows their play with other children and parents – it is read -. Many reports come in, almost all anonymous, houses and villas in the area are searched. On August 19, a call arrives at Angela’s home, in which only the desperate cry of a child can be heard ».
The similarities with the model
The family’s lawyer explained yesterday that the hopes linked to this latest lead are bolstered by the fact that the model’s father frequently visits Campania and also the Vico Equense area, where Angela’s family lives. “The story of this girl, the story of this family, the fact that the adoptive father had connections with Campania and apparently also with the Vico Equense area is a very important element for us,” said Ferrandino.
Photo in hand, the resemblance would be between the facial features of the young Hispanic girl and those of the missing child, but also between a birthmark on the young girl’s back and one that said the child had vanished on Faito: «Angela – the lawyer on Canale 5 – He had a birthmark on the right side of his back, while this girl has it in the middle. We consulted a dermatologist and she told us that there may have been a translation as she got older.”
What Angela’s parents told Verissimo
Maria and Catello, parents of Angela Celentano, enter the studio. The atmosphere is tense and exciting. Silvia Toffanin thanks her and gives Maria the floor after a brief summary of what happened: “Not easy years: Sometimes we have no words, but we see that time is passing”. Catello emphasizes: “There isn’t a day that we don’t think about it. She’s only gone physically, but she’s still there in our lives. The disappointment of the DNA test: «One blow – emphasizes Maria – we always have hope: in every trace and every clue. The mole on your back? For us it could have been more than a test». The two parents are shown a photo of what Angela might look like today.
August 10, 1996 is the date Angela disappeared. “Our daughter had “pepper” and a great zest for life. The final moments? Angela told me she wanted to go in the hammock. Then I turned to ask her if she was still hungry. I never saw her again: a few minutes had passed », says the father Catello.
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Despite everything, the couple celebrates their birthday every June 11th. Angela’s parents have also recently become grandparents: “The grandchildren ask us: Where is Aunt Angela?” Sooner or later our daughter will be with us» Read the full article
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