Overview
- The 21-year-old Romanian approached a police patrol near Florence’s stadium, stated her name, and checks confirmed she was the woman reported missing from the Foggia area.
- Authorities report she is in good health and say the working hypothesis is that she left to be with a slightly older man she met in Foggia.
- A friend who filed the report says Elena had recently been involved in street prostitution and alleged an individual demanded €150 every three days, a claim now under investigation.
- Elena arrived from Romania about three months earlier, shared an apartment in Canosa di Puglia with a 38-year-old compatriot, worked in agriculture, and more recently operated along state road 16 between Foggia and San Severo.
- On March 2 she was seen entering a black BMW, her phone was later found near Borgo La Rocca and her jacket two kilometers away, prompting extensive searches with drones and canine units after witnesses said she appeared frightened.