Lucrezia Ciotti In recent days, Turin has become a crossroads of hope and mystery for the family of Alessandro Venturelli, the young man who disappeared from Sassuolo on December 5, 2020. Every report, every suspicious look on the streets of the city, rekindles the tireless search of his parents, who have never stopped believing that their son might still be alive.
Turin and the new reports: all eyes on the cameras
As reported by Gazzetta di Modena, the cameras in front of a Turin canteen could finally offer answers on the Alessandro case VenturelliAccording to the volunteers, the last week a young man very similar to Alessandro – now known simply as “Alle” to everyone – is said to have been wandering around the building asking for food, without ever asking for money.
Roberta Carassai, his mother, has been scouring Turin far and wide in recent days, searching in the most difficult places, among homeless people and corners of the city, for the gaze of her son who disappeared from Sassuolo on December 5, 2020. The reports continue to pour in: dozens have arrived in the last few days, some so specific as to give rise to hope that Alessandro may indeed still be alive.
Alessandro Venturelli is missing, his mother Roberta announces after the latest reports.
Some photographs circulated online and sent to the association founded by his mother, Roberta Carassai, showed a boy who closely resembled Alessandro. At least one of these images, however, has already been excluded from investigations official.
"I went to the Flying Squad who clearly confirmed to me that the boy in one of the photos is actually someone elseBut the association's volunteers had already made the connections, unfortunately it's not Alle. The fact remains that I continue to receive reports.“, Roberta said during the broadcast Inside the notification.
Despite the disappointments she's endured, Roberta Carassai isn't giving up. She continues to receive calls and reports, some from private numbers that fuel hope:
"I keep getting calls from a private number… I'm tired, I'm really put to the test but I still want to thank everyone“, he added in the broadcast.
The mother remembers precisely the distinctive signs of the son: In addition to his tattoos, Alessandro has a tracheotomy scar, the result of a motorcycle accident.
Roberta also reports the bureaucratic difficulties encountered in recent years, lamenting the lack of effective tools for the families of the missing:
"Because of privacy laws they wouldn't say anything even if they saw my son.But what privacy are we talking about?".
The woman explained that when people tell her to go look for her son instead of appearing on television, she he's not doing television, but he's just looking for AlessandroToday, the new reports from Turin represent for her a glimmer of hope in the darkness of waiting.