Adriana Benedetta Roccia, 2, Guardia Piemontese, Cetraro, Italy, June 10, 1990

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Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: June 10, 1990
Location Last Seen: Guardia Piemontese, Cetraro, Italy

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: October 7, 1987
Age: 2 years old
Race: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Height: 2'11
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Red
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers​

Dentals: Not available
Fingerprints: Not available
DNA: Not available

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Roccia disappeared on June 10, 1990 in a wood at Guardia Piemontese where her family was picking strawberries. The police searched the wood for days in all directions but with no results.

>During the investigations Benedetta's parents were suspected of having sold their daughter. Benedetta's parents confessed that they received a proposal to sell the baby before Mrs. Roccia's delivery. At first they were sentenced guilty in the trial, later the sentence was changed and the parents were released.

Investigating Agency(s)​

Agency Name: Questura di Cosenza - Ufficio Minori
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 39-0984-8911
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A


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La piccola svanita nel nulla a Cetraro nel '90. Che fine ha fatto Benedetta Roccia?

Benedetta Roccia vanished into thin air on the hills overlooking Cetraro on 10 June 1990. She was playing in the woods with her little sister while her parents were busy picking strawberries. It was her father and mother, Ferruccio and Anna , who reported her disappearance as soon as they returned to town.

The couple, who live in the locality of "Ancilla", in the Cetrara countryside, have always appeared convinced, in the following years, that she had been kidnapped. Yes, but by whom? The Roccias led a far from comfortable life and were therefore unable to pay a possible ransom. At the time of her mysterious disappearance, she was was in the company of her little sister Adelina.

The parents said that she returned alone towards them, stating that Benedetta had been "taken by an ugly man with a moustache" . Ferruccio began to look for her while Anna ran to the police station to report the incident. The Paola prosecutor who dealt with the case, after having examined the nebulous scenario and noting contradictions in the version of events provided by the parents, came to hypothesize that Benedetta could have been "sold" to a wealthy, childless couple, but the circumstance did not it then found confirmation in the investigative activities carried out.

Or rather: the Roccias ended up on trial for kidnapping, were tried and were acquitted with a broad formula. And the sentence later became final.

 

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Happened to find this archived article
I was able to translate it thanks to google translate, it's far from perfect, but at least it gives a little more circumstances regarding this case