Guest Posted April 3, 2006 #1 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Snatched Italian toddler 'dead' Sunday, April 2, 2006 Posted: 0629 GMT (1429 HKT) ROME, Italy (CNN) -- A toddler who was snatched last month in a high-profile kidnapping has been found dead, according to Italian media reports. Tommaso Onofri's body was found near Parma in northern Italy on Saturday, nearly a month after he was taken from his family's home, Italian media including state-run Rai news agency reported. Police have detained a mason who had worked at the home in connection with the kidnapping. Tommaso's kidnapping had transfixed the nation. His family said they were eating dinner on March 2 when the lights went out. When the boy's father went to investigate, he said two armed men forced him back into the home. They bound and gagged the family and went straight for 18-month-old Tommaso, yanking the screaming child out of his high chair, his parents said. The boy's parents said their son was epileptic and required twice-daily medication to control his seizures. His mother pleaded with the abductors to give Tommaso his medicine; Italian television aired instructions on giving it. It is unclear why he was kidnapped because the Onofri are not rich and no ransom appears to have been demanded, according to Reuters reports. Even Pope Benedict XVI, in a telegram sent shortly after the abduction, said the boy should be released immediately and without conditions. Source: CNN.com -------------------------------- Just awful. I could not even begin to imagine what the parents must be going through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shir Posted April 3, 2006 #2 Share Posted April 3, 2006 oh my god,this is so sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella-Angelique Posted April 3, 2006 #3 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Looks suspiciously like a professional hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 3, 2006 #4 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I doubt it. If it was professionals they would have messed up big-time. Apparently at least one of the kidnappers had worked on the house a few weeks prior, and he is a convicted rapist. They devised a plan to kidnap the baby and get a ransom, but they murdered the poor thing within the hour because of the crying (bye-bye ransom). I read what they did to him, and it's disturbing. It's terrible to think that anyone could be capable of such atrocities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogfish Posted April 3, 2006 #5 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Poor child Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpie Lady Posted April 3, 2006 #6 Share Posted April 3, 2006 (edited) How sad, I wonder if the child was like a holy child or something, because for them just to break in and take the toddler is really strange especailly if the parents werent rich???? Usually children are taken for ransom$$$$............unless they thought he was some kind of holy child then that would've explain them kidnapping him and probably sacraficing him to whatever cult believes they have..... I will pray for his soul and that hopefully JUSTICE will find those cruel men........ Edited April 3, 2006 by Harpie Lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twpdyp Posted April 4, 2006 #7 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I will pray for his soul and that hopefully JUSTICE will find those cruel men........ I agree with the prayer for the little ones soul but justice for these "men". What justice is there for anyone who could harm an innocent child? As the father of a 22 month old I can find sympathy in my heart for the parents but justice for the perpetrators that is another issue. Perhaps being bound and allow the parents of this little angel to have their way with them. If it were my child I would move heaven and earth to have my "justice". They would hope to be caught by the authorities before I caught them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daughter of the Nine Moons Posted April 4, 2006 #8 Share Posted April 4, 2006 How sad, I wonder if the child was like a holy child or something, because for them just to break in and take the toddler is really strange especailly if the parents werent rich???? Usually children are taken for ransom$$$$............unless they thought he was some kind of holy child then that would've explain them kidnapping him and probably sacraficing him to whatever cult believes they have..... Unfortunately child abductions for whatever the reason are far too common. Stories like these break my heart. As far as I am concerned in cases like this the crime will always exceed the punishment and justice will never truly be served. Go in peace little one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacies Posted April 4, 2006 #9 Share Posted April 4, 2006 The hell i'd send them to would be a release after what i'd done to them. what monsters. poor child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogfish Posted April 4, 2006 #10 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Hopefully they catch the murderers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munchkin2006 Posted April 16, 2006 #11 Share Posted April 16, 2006 (edited) Jesus, Mary and Joseph! How can people do these things? My heart just aches for that child and his family. God Almighty! There's a special place in Hell for people like that :angry2: That poor, poor baby. I wish to God I could find the one's that did that and boil them in oil! Edited April 16, 2006 by Munchkin2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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