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  • The Public Prosecutor of Marsala returns to investigate the case of Denise Pipitone

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20 December 2021 The investigating judge of Marsala accepted the request of the Public Prosecutor and closed the proceeding against Anna Corona, Giuseppe Della Key, Paolo Erba and Antonella Allegrini regarding the disappearance of Denise Pipitone.

The little girl disappeared from Marzara del Vallo on 1 September 2004.



In addition to Anna Corona, Giuseppe Della Key was also under investigation, also accused of the kidnapping of the little girl, and the two false witnesses, Antonella Allegrini and her husband Paolo Erba, who had been charged with the crime of false information to the public prosecutor. The request for dismissal for Erba and Allegrini came after their admission that they lied by providing false elements about the Crown's involvement in the case. For the other two suspects, however, according to the Prosecutor's Office, no elements emerged that could support the accusation in court. The investigation was reopened last spring. The civil party lawyers opposed the request for filing: Giacomo Frazzitta and Piero Marino.



Archiving the investigation into the disappearance of little Denise Pipitone "does not mean abandoning any hope or concrete possibility of shedding light on the progress of events. On the contrary, as underlined by the prosecutor, it is in the interest of the Prosecutor, it is in the interest of the judiciary as a whole to pursue the truth and continue to investigate where it is hoped that further elements emerge that can be investigated in order to understand what happened to Denise and to prosecute those responsible for her kidnapping ". The investigating judge of Marsala wrote it in the filing of the investigation into the disappearance of the little girl. 



"Long and incredibly extensive investigations from which not enough elements have emerged to support an accusation in court". Thus the investigating judge of Marsala evaluates the in-depth analysis made on the case by the prosecutors who, precisely at the outcome of a complex investigation, have solicited the filing. "This judge - explains the investigating judge - cannot even imagine how a charge against the Crown (former wife of the natural father of the child accused of kidnapping) could be formulated by the public prosecutor, even summarily)." It appears possible, at the present time - he adds - to attribute to the suspect a criminal conduct, much less a sufficiently precise conduct with regard to the crime and the methods of carrying out the conduct:what offense could the Crown be charged with? If you opt for kidnapping, what conduct could be challenged? The instigator of the kidnapping? Of performer? "



"Every accusatory hypothesis against Anna Corona - he concludes - appears at the moment absolutely insensitive to be examined in court and, even less, to lead to an assertion of responsibility. And a certain acquittal would, on the other hand, imply the impossibility of proceeding to other investigations into the suspect ".