Police hunt for 5 year old girl who was bundled into suitcase and kidnapped from hotel

 Police in Italy are searching for a five-year-old girl from Peru allegedly bundled into a suitcase and kidnapped from a hotel almost two weeks ago.Kataleya Mia Chicillo Alvarez disappeared from the former Astor Hotel in Florence, Italy where around 140 migrants have been squatting on June 10.CCTV footage shows her playing on some steps by a courtyard in the building at 3.12pm before she disappeared.Police think she was bundled into a trunk or suitcase and taken out of one of the two exits of the hotel, according to the Daily Mail.  Police cleared the building of its occupants on Saturday as they have been living there illegally and have been scouring the premises for evidence.Police also searched another building nearby and a garage, suspecting she may have been moved there temporarily. Police officers also searched incinerators and refuse dumps to see if they could find a body.Kataleyas family lived together in a room in the former hotel, which according to reports, has been occupied by migrants since September last year. The family moved to Italy when she was six months old.Kataleyas parents, Kathrina Alvarez and Miguel Angel Romero, attended a church service in Via Lulli on Sunday, June 18 near the hotel, to pray for the safe return of their daughter.Miguel had been in prison for theft and credit card fraud at the time of the disappearance, but was released on Tuesday on the condition he visit the local police station twice a week.A letter from the priest of the parish, Father Juan Manuel Nez Rubio, chaplain of the Latin American community in Florence, announced that Cadinal Giuseppe Betori has asked people to pray for the missing child, La Repubblica reported.   The chaplain said: This disappearance has mobilised many people full of good will who courageously committed themselves from the first moment they learned of the disappearance, gathered together and began the search.This disappearance saddened not only the Peruvians present in Florence, but also the whole Florentine community, even from abroad, in particular from Peru.We welcome once again the invitation that Cardinal Giuseppe Betori has addressed to all the parishes of the diocese of Florence to pray for the return of our Kataleya.Kathrina, meanwhile, was taken to hospital after ingesting bleach.She was discharged on Wednesday and said: Ill be fine. Forgive me if for a moment I thought about giving up and losing hope. But now Im stronger and I wont rest until I find you.   The Peruvian community have taken to the streets with placards demanding that Kataleya is returned. The post Police hunt for 5 year old girl who was bundled into suitcase and kidnapped from hotel appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.

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