This is very frustrating! Two reporters of the Italian newspaper
Il Mattino di Padova have interviewed Frenchman Robert Guilloteau and they call him a mystery man.
I assume that this interview happened by phone, and that French is not their first language. Unfortunately, their report is subscription only. Nowhere I see the option to pay for the report only, or even as day-pass, and my efforts for the good cause do not include subscriptions, because price apart, they are very hard to get rid of.
I tried to check with other news outlets, and I found only one with a vague reference to the same subjects and IMHO
if their report is based on that from Il Mattino, they have read no more than the same snippet of text that is available on the internet.
From the small part that I can read, I can deduct nothing mysterious for the time being. Luca and Edith had run out of money, Robert lend them 15 euros, they went to an ATM together with Robert and took out money. That would have been 500 euros, which is a lot of money even by European standards.
Luca ed Edith, la versione e le contraddizioni del francese
Luca and Edith, the version and the contradictions of the Frenchman
Interview with Robert Guilloteau, the last host of the two young people before their disappearance.
"They had run out of money, I gave them 15 euros. Here you never should show the money in your pocket. But they took out 500 euros."
The advice to visit the mosque where Luca and Edith never arrived, the tips to sell the car that he now denies, the phone number (yes I have it, or rather we do) a loan of money and him accompanying them to the ATM. Everything that Robert Guilloteau says and does not say between changes and sudden reversals. This is how the sixty year old Frenchman transplanted to Bobo-Dioulasso became a mysteryman.
BBM
And that is where the music stops unless you take a paid subscription.
Rete Veneta News has the following report and it is less sensational:
LUCA E EDITH, SI INDAGA SUGLI ULTIMI SPOSTAMENTI
LUCA AND EDITH, THEIR LAST MOVEMENTS ARE BEING INVESTIGATED
The disappearance of Luca Tacchetto and Edith Blais, the two young people who left for Africa and who have not been reported since mid-December, continues to be investigated on several fronts and by several offices.
At the moment the priority is to find reliable witnesses who have seen them, and verify their story. The offices that, more or less in the shadows, with noise or in silence, follow the story are those of the ministries in Italy, Canada and Burkina Faso, the last country where the two would have passed through.
And so here are rumors about possible ATM withdrawals, about the details of the day spent with a couple living there, he French, she local, and the visit to a mosque, which is not clear whether or not it happened. The Italian Foreign Ministry, as always in these cases, keeps every detail confidential, and then there are the families, who seek information through direct contacts. Kidnapping, arrest, inability to call, all the avenues are open for those who are investigating. Or, perhaps, that's what they let out to hide the real situation, and thus be able to proceed without hassle. One thing is certain: the drama that families are experiencing, between rumors, news, hypotheses and denials.
BBM
IMHO checking ATM withdrawals including the amounts is probably the easiest part of this investigation.
) of the proceeds from a preplanned robbery? For a guy who seems to be a bit miffed at those who perceive him as “mysterious,” he’s not doing much to fight that appearance by flip-flopping on details or admitting to making unsafe (or at least unwise) travel recommendations to LT/EB...