Overview
- Immacolata Panico, 22, was last seen near the Centro Direzionale in Napoli Est on the morning of May 31 and her family filed a missing-person report with the Carabinieri that same day.
- The family circulated a detailed description and a contact number on social media asking anyone with information to call emergency services or 320 0213717.
- A June 2 report in Il Giornale says the young woman’s body was found near the Centro Direzionale; that account also says investigators reconstructed her movements using video surveillance.
- Family members told investigators that Panico sent WhatsApp messages expressing suicidal intent and that she had said she wanted to reach her late father, details now part of the inquiry.
- Local authorities, including the Prefettura di Napoli, are reported to be coordinating searches and the investigation is ongoing while social posts have drawn both solidarity and abusive comments toward the family.