Overview
- Carabinieri found the 27‑year‑old on December 4 hiding in a wardrobe at acquaintance Dragos Ioan Gheormescu’s home in Nardò, with two phones without SIM cards and a folding knife.
- Investigators now lean toward a voluntary disappearance and have set aside earlier theories that included homicide and instigation to suicide, with the latter probe trending toward archiving.
- Gheormescu remains free after searches and questioning, his phone was seized for checks, and he publicly apologized while insisting the 11 days together were by mutual agreement.
- Prosecutors are evaluating a case for procurato allarme and possible false statements, with particular scrutiny on Gheormescu’s accounts to investigators.
- The episode triggered a national outcry and online backlash, with some figures demanding repayment of search costs and others urging privacy and restraint as inquiries and forensic reviews conclude.