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<v Speaker 1>Hi, and welcome back to The Unseen Podcast, a podcast

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<v Speaker 1>dedicated to missing people, unresolved cases and UK true crime.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's day three of twelve days of missing person episodes

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<v Speaker 1>throughout December. Today we're going to be covering the twenty

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen disappearance of thirty seven year old Stefana Ottilia Malinicci,

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<v Speaker 1>who disappeared from her home. Her two daughters have grown

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<v Speaker 1>up without their mother and need some answers as to

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<v Speaker 1>what happened to her. This episode is about a missing

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<v Speaker 1>person and so does not contain any graphic details, but

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<v Speaker 1>listener discretion is always advised. Barking is a town in

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<v Speaker 1>East London and sits within the London borough of Barking

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<v Speaker 1>and Dagenham. It has a population of a two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and twenty thousand and has been under regeneration for a

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<v Speaker 1>number of years due to the high level of deprivation

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<v Speaker 1>within the town center. Beckel's Drive sits just outside the

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<v Speaker 1>town center and is made up of a series of

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<v Speaker 1>semi detached and terrace houses. Thirty seven year old Stefania

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<v Speaker 1>Ottilia Malinicci lived on Beckel's Drive in twenty seventeen. Stephania

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<v Speaker 1>went by Attilia and was originally from Romania before settling

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<v Speaker 1>in London. Attilia had a husband and was the mother

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<v Speaker 1>of two daughters. She worked as a cleaner in the

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<v Speaker 1>capital and was known by her family and friends as

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<v Speaker 1>someone that always looked out for others and cared about

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<v Speaker 1>the people around her, even looking out for strangers. She

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<v Speaker 1>was a loving and caring mother and someone who was

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<v Speaker 1>very much loved by her family. On the sixth of

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<v Speaker 1>September twenty seventeen, Attilia left her home on Beckle's Drive.

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<v Speaker 1>There was nothing at all unusual about this, however, it

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<v Speaker 1>was the fact that Attilia never returned to her home.

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<v Speaker 1>This was certainly out of character for her, and her

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<v Speaker 1>family were quickly worried about what could have happened. They

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<v Speaker 1>believed it was so out of character that they decided

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<v Speaker 1>to contact the Metropolitan Police to report her as a

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<v Speaker 1>missing person. When Attilia had still not returned several days

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<v Speaker 1>after she'd last been seen on the sixth, her family

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<v Speaker 1>grew increasingly worried. The police issued a description along with

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<v Speaker 1>what she had last been seen wearing when she left

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<v Speaker 1>that day. Attilia was described as having reddish hair in

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<v Speaker 1>a sharp bob style. At the time, she disappeared. She

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<v Speaker 1>was wearing a black top with a large light colored motif,

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<v Speaker 1>dark tight gianes or leggins tucked into flat dark mid

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<v Speaker 1>calf length boots, and a dark colored three quarter length

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<v Speaker 1>fitted jacket. Police also issued an appeal for anyone that

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<v Speaker 1>might have seen her after she left home that day,

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<v Speaker 1>while also indicating that Attilia was classed as a vulnerable

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<v Speaker 1>person and so finding her was a priority for them.

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<v Speaker 1>Officers began to investigate in the areas surrounding Beckel's Drive

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<v Speaker 1>and Barking, including looking at CCTV in the areas where

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<v Speaker 1>Attilia may have visited. By looking through CCTV, police were

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<v Speaker 1>able to find some images of Attilia after the sixth

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<v Speaker 1>of September. On the ninth of September, CCTV showed her

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<v Speaker 1>entering a shop on Green Lane in Ilford. Green Lane

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<v Speaker 1>was around two miles from Beckle's Drive, where Attilia lived.

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<v Speaker 1>It's unclear why Attilia was here three days after she

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<v Speaker 1>left her home. There has also been little reported about

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<v Speaker 1>this sighting. Aside from a still image which can be

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<v Speaker 1>seen on the Missing People website, it's clear that she

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<v Speaker 1>was still quite close to home three days after her disappearance.

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<v Speaker 1>Police also stated that they believed she may have bordered

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<v Speaker 1>the number five boss from Wood Lane in Dagenham the

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<v Speaker 1>following day, on the tenth of September, at around ten

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen pm. Wood Lane is around two point six miles

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<v Speaker 1>from Beckle's Drive, where she lived, and around one point

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<v Speaker 1>seven miles from Green Lane, where she had been spotted

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<v Speaker 1>the day before. This information about the boss that Attilia

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<v Speaker 1>had taken is very specific, including the ten fourteen pm time,

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<v Speaker 1>and again it's unclear where it came from. However, it

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<v Speaker 1>could be speculated that this came from a witness sighting.

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<v Speaker 1>Both of the pieces of information indicate that Attilia had

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<v Speaker 1>not traveled far from her home in the days after

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<v Speaker 1>she disappeared. Since the ninth of September, there have been

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<v Speaker 1>no verified sightings of Attilia, and since the tenth of

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<v Speaker 1>September there has been no more information about her possible whereabouts.

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<v Speaker 1>She has now been missing for over eight years, and

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<v Speaker 1>there has been very little published about any progress made

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<v Speaker 1>on her case. It seems as though she disappeared into

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<v Speaker 1>thin air. What could have possibly happened to her in

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<v Speaker 1>the days following the ninth of September. Attilia left behind

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<v Speaker 1>a husband and two daughters, a family in both the

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<v Speaker 1>UK and Romania, and it's clear she was a loved

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<v Speaker 1>member of this family. Her daughter's appealed in May of

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<v Speaker 1>this for information that could lead to finding their mum.

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<v Speaker 1>They had to grow up without her in their life

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<v Speaker 1>and this has had a huge impact on them. They

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<v Speaker 1>just want answers to the many questions that they have.

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<v Speaker 1>In their statement to the public, they said, it's now

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<v Speaker 1>been more than seven years without our mother. We've grown

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<v Speaker 1>up without her and miss her every day. She always

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<v Speaker 1>brings support and love for anyone who needs it, even strangers,

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<v Speaker 1>and she always tries to cheer people up. We appeal

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<v Speaker 1>to the public for anyone to come forward if they

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<v Speaker 1>know anything about her or her whereabouts. We also appeal

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<v Speaker 1>to her directly, please return home to us. Detective Chief

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<v Speaker 1>Inspector cam Sody from the Metropolitan Police's East Area Public

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<v Speaker 1>Prosecution Unit said it's now more than seven years since

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<v Speaker 1>Attilia was reported missing and we are continuing our work

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<v Speaker 1>to find out where she is. While there's no evidence

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<v Speaker 1>to suggest that Attilia has come to physical harm, we

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<v Speaker 1>cannot rule this out. Her family here in the UK

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<v Speaker 1>and in Romania are still carrying on their daily lives

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<v Speaker 1>without knowing where their loved one is. Her daughters have

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<v Speaker 1>grown up without their mother, So we urge anyone who

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<v Speaker 1>may know Attilia or where she is to come forward

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<v Speaker 1>without further delay. We ask anyone who has provided shelter

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<v Speaker 1>or support to Attilia to also please contact police, even

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<v Speaker 1>if this was not recently, We want to hear from you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's clear from the police statement that they don't have

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<v Speaker 1>evidence that anything has happened to Attilia or that she

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<v Speaker 1>has been harmed. However, they also do not have any

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<v Speaker 1>evidence as to her whereabouts and without this they of

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<v Speaker 1>course cannot give any definitive answers to her family. It's

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<v Speaker 1>so crucial that these cases are discussed and that Attilia

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<v Speaker 1>is not forgotten. Someone out there may have the key

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<v Speaker 1>to the case without even knowing it. I will link

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<v Speaker 1>Attilia's Missing People profile in the show notes. If you

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<v Speaker 1>know anything about the disappearance of Stefania Ottilia Malinicci, please

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<v Speaker 1>contact police on one oh one. Our contact Missing People

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<v Speaker 1>through their website linked in the show notes. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for listening to day three of twelve Days of Missing

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<v Speaker 1>Person episodes in December. Stay tuned for day four. In

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