Denisa B., a girl from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), who was suspected to be a girl from Italy who disappeared in 2004, has been in the spotlight of the Italian public for several days now.
A comparison of the DNA of a 20-year-old Bosnian woman living in Rome with the DNA of Denise Pipitone, a girl who disappeared in 2004 at the age of four in Mazara del Vallo, gave a negative result. The young Bosnian woman, therefore, is not the Italian woman who disappeared 19 years ago. The genetic tests were arranged by prosecutor of Marsala Fernando Asaro and prosecutor Roberto Piscitello, writes Sky tg24.
On Tuesday, February 28th, inspectors took DNA from DenisaBeganovic, a girl of Bosnian origin who currently lives in the eastern suburbs of Rome. The parents of the missing girl said on Facebook that they don’t know anything.
“We were informed through various messages that reached us. We knew nothing. We are waiting for any concrete news, ready for anything. We cannot allow ourselves painful illusions,” wrote Piera Maggio and Pietro Pulizzi on their social networks.
“I’m from BiH. I know who my father and mother are. And now suddenly they came to me with the story that I’m some other girl, but in the end, it’s just a story,” says Denisa B.
The girl says she agreed to have her DNA sample taken, even though the only similarity to the missing girl is really just the name. The girl added that she is from Tuzla and that she is returning to BiH on March 10th. Allegedly, she did stay in Italy for a while as a child, but her parents returned her to Tuzla in 2005, where she spent most of her life.
As reported by the Italian media, the investigation was reopened just after a tip from a resident from around Rome that a girl lives in a Roma settlement who could be the missing girl, especially since she has the same name. Another coincidence is that Denisa’s documents show the same date of birth as the missing girl, but Denisa is two years younger, Klix.ba reports.
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