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house in her birthplace of Mazara del Vallo. She was last seen by her aunt
Giacoma (sister of Piera Maggio) at 11:45 am, on the sidewalk near the street. Denise was left on her own after her cousin went home for lunch. At the time of the disappearance, her mother was taking a computer course and learned of the incident at around 12:30 PM. The news spread through the local media at 2 pm, and quickly became a national case. Through the years, investigations pointed to abduction as a cause of her disappearance involving several anonymous individuals in order to put everyone off the track.
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call, reporting that Denise was about to enter
Switzerland through the French border. Frazzitta reported the event to the Public Prosecutor's Office, which immediately contacted the Swiss Gendarmerie, which in turn summoned Pacolli. This episode broke the confidential and exclusive relationship preferred by Pacolli, who mysteriously disappeared from the case.
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According to the last reconstruction of the prosecutors, Denise was abducted by
Jessica Pulizzi, with the complicity of her mother, Anna Corona - to which Piero Pulizzi never confessed that Denise was his daughter, even though they suspected the fact - and of her ex-fiancé, Gaspare Ghaleb. The reason
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of the investigation team perceived the presence of Denise near
Gaspare Ghaleb's sister's property. Gaspare Ghaleb, at the time, was a fiancé of Jessica Pulizzi and is thought to be Denise's biological father. Gaspare Ghaleb's sister's property was only a few meters away from the apartment of Giacoma
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Pipitone was the daughter of Piera Maggio and Pietro Pulizzi. However, on paper Tony Pipitone was listed as her legitimate father as he was married to Piera Maggio. At the time, Piera Maggio was unsure who fathered Denise. On the morning of September 1, 2004, Denise disappeared in front of her
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for child abduction, deeming her "undoubtedly guilty" due to a series of clear, unambiguous and convergent clues. According to the indictment, on the morning of
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Pulizzi, charged with complicity in kidnapping a minor, was arraigned by the preliminary hearing judge of Marsala, on January 18, 2010. The first instance trial began on March 16, 2010, lasting for over three years. The public prosecutor of Marsala recommended the sentence of 15 years of
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address dedicated solely to the dealings with the captors. The law firm of
Pacolli asked for the utmost confidentiality and secrecy on the identity of their client. At 8 pm Frazzitta submitted the authorization to the law firm of Pacolli, and at 10 pm Piera Maggio received an anonymous
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saw a child very similar to Denise. The girl apparently had the same age as Denise and was accompanied by an
Albanian woman, who claimed to be her mother. A circumstance that raised suspicion was that the child spoke Italian, as opposed to her alleged mother; however, on September 12, 2008, the
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Jessica Pulizzi are daughters of the same father, Piero Pulizzi». The inquiry into Anna Corona, under investigation in a second line of research for child abduction, was closed by the investigating judge of
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was often a constant, but it was never confirmed, even though some speculate about a connection with the family: it seems plausible that the little girl was traded to nomadic groups or to someone in the circle of friends of the family.
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of Palermo, Rosalba Scaduto. Scaduto, during her indictment, claimed that Jessica Pulizzi had taken part in the abduction of Denise, and therefore should be found guilty. On April 19, 2017, the
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and anomalies in the previous 17 years of investigations. However the matter remained unchanged until December 20, the day when the investigating judge of Marsala dismissed the case.
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