General Discussion

An Italian woman who became one of the earliest public accusers of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein vanished from New York for nearly a fortnight before being located alive by Italian law enforcement authorities this week.

Elisabetta Tai Ferretto, 50, had not been heard from since 22 April, after her daily calls with her family suddenly stopped, according to multiple Italian outlets including La Stampa, one of Italy's oldest and most prominent national newspapers. The disappearance triggered a formal cross-border investigation involving Italian prosecutors, the Carabinieri, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and American authorities, before concluding with the news that Ferretto had been found.

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The Carabinieri of the Compagnia di Este confirmed that Ferretto had been located in the United States and was in good health. The news was communicated to her family on the morning of Tuesday, 5 May. The searches, activated through diplomatic and international cooperation channels, concluded with the location of the woman in the United States.

The communication of her being found arrived from the Carabinieri of the Este Compagnia, in the lower Padovano, following searches activated through international cooperation channels. The notification had subsequently been transmitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/italian-epstein-accuser-found-after-disappearance-1795253