ANGELA CELENTANO: AFTER 29 YEARS, MISSING CHILD CASE REOPENS WITH NEW INVESTIGATION INTO TURKISH LEAD

Naples, Italy – The disappearance of Angela Celentano, who vanished at just three years old on August 10, 1996, while on a family outing on Mount Faito in Vico Equense, remains a mystery. However, Naples court preliminary investigations judge Federica Colucci believes the so-called "Turkish lead" has not been fully exhausted and has ordered new inquiries.

Why the "Turkish Lead"?

The "Turkish lead" first emerged in 2009 when a woman claimed to have received confidential information about Angela's fate from a priest who had learned it in confession. According to her account, confirmed by a direct visit to Turkey, the child was allegedly kidnapped and taken to the islet of Buyukada with a man. She even provided a photo of this man (who has a scar on his neck), taken after meeting him in a veterinarian's office. Previous investigations yielded no results, but the judge believes there are still unanswered questions, necessitating an extension of the inquiry.

Over the years, numerous tips about the missing child have surfaced, almost all of them anonymous. These include a strange phone call to Angela's home nine days after her disappearance, where only a child's desperate crying could be heard on the other end. Before the most recent investigations, the most credible lead seemed to come in 2010 when Angela's parents, Maria and Catello, were contacted from Mexico. The caller spoke of a Mexican girl, the self-proclaimed Celeste Ruiz, but it was eventually discovered that a scammer had stolen a photo of a woman completely unrelated to the case, passing her off as Angela. The mystery surrounding her fate continues to persist after all these years.