Overview
- Investigators say the two sisters were taken from a protected home on the night of June 6–7 and kept at a relative’s house in Formia for about 15 days.
- The girls, ages 12 and 16, were located in Formia in late June and have been returned to social services; they asked for privacy through their caseworkers.
- The mother Valentina D’Acunto, her father Marco D’Acunto and the mother’s partner Vincenzo Esposito were placed under fermo after the recovery and underwent interrogatori di garanzia on June 24–25.
- GIP Giulia Sani convalidated the fermos but applied residence obligations in the Latina area for the three defendants while prosecutors continue to seek further evidence and potential co‑defendants.
- Court files and facility reports cited notes and scripted phone-contact schemes that led the juvenile court to strip the mother of parental responsibility in May and to restore custody to the girls’ father.