Left for the USA and disappeared: what happened to the daughter of Al Bano and Romina Power 25 years ago
'24.08.2019'
Source: Clever
The performers of the song Felicita ("Happiness") Al Bano and Romina Power themselves seemed to the fans an absolutely happy married couple. But in 1999, the singers divorced. The star family was destroyed by the tragedy that happened to their eldest daughter.
"Beauty, clever, visionary"
The creative duet of Al Bano and Romina Power took shape in the 1969 year, and a year later the artists got married. Little Illia was born 4 months after her parents' wedding, says Smart. Subsequently, three more children were born in the family. Despite the frequent tours of the Italian-American duo, Ilenia grew up in an atmosphere of love and care.
Having matured, she occasionally starred in films, sang and danced. When Ilya entered college, she began to look for jobs as a nanny. The main hobby of the girl was to travel the world lightly, writing down her impressions in a diary. In the autobiography “This Is My Life,” Al Bano called his daughter “a beauty, a clever woman, and a visionary” with an “independent character.”
disappearance
December 31 1993 of the year 23-year-old Italian citizen Ilenia Maria Sole Carrizi made the last international call from New Orleans. She spoke briefly with her mother, Ramina Power, who did not approve of her daughter's trip to the United States. The famous singer had a reason for discontent. The fact is that in the summer of 1993, a family of artists already came to New Orleans to shoot the movie "Lost America." Here Ilhenia met the African-American saxophonist Alexander Masakela, who performed music in front of passers-by.
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Once, as Al Bano recalled, his daughter went on a date to Masakele, and returned only in the morning, drugged by drugs. The street musician captivated the Italian so much that six months later Ilenia arrived alone in the capital of Louisiana. She explained to her father and mother that she was going to write a book about homeless artists and artists. In January of 1994, Al Bano and Romina again called the LeDale Hotel, where Ilenia stayed - but no one answered them.
Investigation
The American police began an active search for Ilya a week after her parents last talked with her. Law enforcement officers found that on 6 of January around midnight Ilenia was seen next to the Mississippi. She was reading a book in a dangerous place on the shore when she was noticed by a night watchman Albert Cordoba.
“I told her:“ You cannot stay here, you must leave, ”the witness said. “She said,“ No matter, I still belong to the water, ”and jumped into Mississippi. I shouted to her to come back, but she didn't seem to want to hear me. "
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From the watchman’s story, the impression was that the wanted person had drowned. But her body was not found. Al Bano believed that “the cause of all misfortunes” is Masakela. The guy really aroused suspicion - some women have already accused him of rape. But to prove the involvement of a street musician in the disappearance of Ilya failed. Masakela, who lived in the same room as the Italian, claimed to have tried to have sex with her, but she refused him. Ilhenia left the 6 room in January without taking personal items - this fact was confirmed by the hotel staff.
The Italian yellow press savored a variety of versions of what happened: from the idea that the disappearance of Ilenia for self-promotion was organized by her parents, to the assumption that the girl changed her name and appearance under the witness protection program. Meanwhile, Al Bano and Romina Power, who were very upset by the loss of their daughter, emotionally distanced themselves from each other. Their marriage ended 5 years after the tragedy.
In 2014, at the request of Al Bano, the court officially declared Ilenia Carrizi dead. But speculation about her loss has not stopped to this day. In 2015, the criminal case was resumed due to the recognition of an American trucker that he killed a girl named Susan (as Ilenia called herself during her stay in the United States). This trail turned out to be false, as was the news from Russia, where the daughter of Al Bano was allegedly seen in the company of homeless people.
And in the 2018 year, a photo was actively discussed on the Web in which a girl, somewhat similar to Ilenia, was captured in Venice in the 2000 year. But there is no tangible evidence that the missing person is alive.
