Two Young Girls Found Safe in Naples After Disappearance

The two girls, who had left their families in Romagna last Wednesday, were found safe and sound in Naples. The Carabinieri, who were searching for them in Naples where the search efforts were concentrated, found them in a bed and breakfast on Corso Arnaldo Lucci, not far from the central station of Piazza Garibaldi. The two girls are in excellent health, the Carabinieri who handed them over at the San Pietro a Patierno station to return them to their parents have reported. The search for Michelle Carlucci, a 12-year-old from Fusignano, and her 13-year-old friend Sofia Rivera Alvares, from Cotignola, had quickly focused on Naples and the surrounding areas. The two were expected at the school entrance in Alfonsine (Ravenna) on the morning of March 27. However, they never arrived in class. The Carabinieri soon speculated that the two friends had taken a train to Naples. A lead that was also followed by the parents of the two friends, who had also issued a series of appeals on social media, with photos of their daughters and phone numbers, in the hope that someone had seen them in the city or during the trip. A message that Michelle had sent, according to a relative, to another girl she met online, telling her she wanted to visit her in the Campania capital, clearly indicated that the two friends intended to go to Naples. The traces left by the friends' cell phones also led to Campania. And Sofia's mother had explained in an appeal launched tonight by TV, that the girl 'spoke of Naples because she liked its songs, she liked the people, all those singers.' 'In light of what happened, I want to thank the provincial commander of the Carabinieri Andrea Lachi, the two companies of Ravenna and Lugo, the Investigative Unit which, in close synergy with the Carabinieri of Naples and under the coordination of the Public Prosecutor Barberini, found the two girls from Alfonsine and Cotignola who had left the province of Ravenna last Wednesday,' said the prefect of Ravenna, Castrese De Rosa, who did not fail to praise the 'extraordinary professionalism of our soldiers.'