Safety · Civitella Alfedena
Week-long search for missing sisters in Abruzzo yields no clues; abduction hypothesis emerges
Alisya and Sarah Di Giacinto, 16 and 12, vanished from a protected community in Civitella Alfedena on 7 June. After seven days of intensive searches, including divers and drones, authorities now suspect possible abduction. The girls' boyfriend said Alisya had changed in the days before the disappearance.
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In brief
The sisters vanished in the early hours of 7 June from a community home in the Abruzzo park. They used a broken door; the facility lacked cameras.
Prosecutors have opened a child-abduction case. Police are examining CCTV of cars near the site and phone records; Lake Barrea was combed by divers.
Joseph, the 16-year-old’s partner, told investigators she was changed and seemed to hold back something important, adding that both girls feared the dark.
The father stated that the mother’s parental authority had been revoked shortly before the disappearance. The mother made a public audio appeal begging the girls to return.
The disappearance
Alisya Di Giacinto, 16, and her sister Sarah, 12, disappeared from the “Ofh Hope” community home in Civitella Alfedena, a remote village in Abruzzo’s national park, during the night of 6 to 7 June. The sisters, originally from the coastal town of Minturno, had been living in the facility since October 2024 under a juvenile court order following their parents’ acrimonious separation. Investigators believe the girls left between 2:00 and 6:00 a.m. through a broken door; the home had no internal CCTV and no alarm system.
Search efforts widen
Sulmona’s public prosecutor has opened a file for child abduction (“sottrazione di minori”), and all investigative hypotheses are being pursued – voluntary departure, accident, kidnapping. Divers aboard a boat scanned Lake Barrea, while drones and mantrailing dogs searched the surrounding woods. CCTV footage showing vehicles near the facility around the time of the disappearance is being analysed, along with phone messages that provided “useful elements” according to Carabinieri.
Who are Alisya and Sarah
Alisya attended a tourism-oriented high school in Castel di Sangro, dreamed of becoming a criminologist, and practised dance and athletics. Her boyfriend Joseph told investigators she had seemed burdened:
“It was as if she had something inside she wanted to tell me but couldn’t. They are afraid of the dark.”
Family tensions surface
The parents, who divorced in 2021, remain in open conflict. The girls’ father disclosed that the mother’s parental authority had been revoked only a few days before the disappearance. The mother released a voice message pleading:
“Please come back.”
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Sources and context
- Il MessaggeroSorelline scomparse a Civitella Alfedena, ora le cercano nel lago: sette giorni di mistero fitto per Alisya e Sarah Di Giacinto
- AGISorelline scomparse nell'Aquilano, spunta l'ipotesi di rapimento
- Corriere della SeraSorelline scomparse, il padre denuncia: "Pochi giorni prima era stata tolta la patria potestà alla madre"
- OpenLe due sorelline scomparse e l'ombra del rapimento. "Alisya era cambiata"
- Alisya Di Giacinto
- 16-year-old sister, disappeared from a community home in Civitella Alfedena on 7 June.
- Sarah Di Giacinto
- 12-year-old sister, disappeared together with Alisya.
- Joseph
- Boyfriend of Alisya Di Giacinto, who spoke to investigators about her change in mood.
- Mother of Alisya and Sarah Di Giacinto
- Mother of the missing girls; her parental authority was revoked shortly before the disappearance; she appealed for their return.
- Father of Alisya and Sarah Di Giacinto
- Father who disclosed the revocation of maternal authority and filed a complaint.
- Places
- Civitella Alfedena
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