Benedetta and Domitilla, the two sisters aged 12 and 8 who went missing on Friday evening in San Cataldo and were found yesterday afternoon inside a clothing store, have been transferred to a protected community along with their four other siblings.
The six minors were living with their father. After being found, the two girls were taken by ambulance to the Sant'Elia hospital in Caltanissetta for the necessary medical checks and were subsequently discharged.
Meanwhile, investigations by the Carabinieri and the Prosecutor's Office are continuing to reconstruct what happened during the hours in which the two sisters had gone missing.
"My children must come back to me as soon as possible. It was just a prank." These are the words of Alessandro Costanza, the father of Benedetta and Domitilla, aged 12 and 8, who went missing on Friday evening in San Cataldo and were found yesterday afternoon in the shop managed by a Chinese woman who reportedly has a relationship with the father. The two girls and the other four siblings have been placed in a community while investigations are carried out. In an interview with Tgr Sicilia, the man also played a WhatsApp voice message from the Chinese shopkeeper who found the girls yesterday at 5:03 pm: "Darling, the girls are here, inside the shop." "I was convinced that my daughters had left the shop," the man added, "but instead the woman had pulled down the shutter and they were still inside." When asked why he did not alert the Carabinieri on the evening of the disappearance, he replied: "I went around looking for them and I thought there was no need to raise the alarm." "We need to find evidence to corroborate the statements collected so far," the Carabinieri said.
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