Rescue workers on Wednesday were
continuing for the ninth consecutive day a huge search for the
missing four-year-old son of a woman who was found dead in
countryside in Sicily at the weekend.
The boy went missing in mysterious circumstances on August 3
along with his mother, Viviana Parisi, a 43-year-old DJ, after
she had a minor road accident.
Her body was found near the Sicilian town of Caronia.
Investigators are not even sure that the boy, whose name is
Gioele, was with his mother when she disappeared.
An autopsy in Parisi's body failed to establish the cause of
death, sources said.
A lawyer representing her family on Wednesday appealed to "those
who saw something to come forward and speak".
On Tuesday, investigators made a similar appeal, targetting two
people who reportedly told local people that they had seen a
woman and a child climb over a highway guard rail.
"They did a good thing in stopping to see if anyone needed
help," said Angelo Cavallo, the prosecutor of the town of
Patti..
"They should now talk to us because we don't know who they are.
"It is strange that, despite all the media attention this case
has attracted, they have not yet come forward or contacted us.
"This testimony is important to clarify, once and for all,
whether Gioele was with his mother or not".
Investigators have opened a probe into alleged murder and
abduction.
There are no suspects so far.
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