Traces of blood found on the taps of three rooms at the former Hotel Astor on Via Maragliano in Florence do not belong to Mia Kataleya Chiclo Alvarez, the 5-year-old Peruvian girl who disappeared on June 10.
Investigations ruled out the presence of his DNA in either the trolleys seized on June 17 or in the suitcase. This was confirmed by initial genetic tests performed by coroner Ugo Ricci, head of the Forensic Genetics Team at Careggi University Hospital.
These findings have been handed over to prosecutors who are investigating the case.
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The suspects
Two weeks ago, the Prosecutor's Office had investigated five people, including two uncles of the missing girl. Both, Marlon Edgar Chicclo and Abel Alvarez Vasquez, were suspected of being involved in Kata's kidnapping.
The other suspects were two Peruvian cousins, Rosmery Puillco Oquendo and Sharllin Jhilary Huaman Oquendo, as well as a Romanian citizen named Alberto Dinu Sorin. Currently, there is no evidence directly implicating them in the little girl's disappearance. Abel Alvarez Vasquez is currently in prison as part of an investigation into an alleged racket involving rooms at the former Hotel Astor.
The investigation into Kata's kidnapping is relying primarily on a video showing the girl's final moments before her disappearance. Recorded by a security camera on Via Luigi Boccherini, the video lasts just 27 seconds and shows Kata going up and down the outside stairs of the former Hotel Astor. This is the only evidence investigators currently have to help solve the case.
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