Aviano airman battles Italians to get kids back

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Aviano airman battles Italians to get kids back
By Kent Harris, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Sunday, November 25, 2007

PORDENONE, Italy — An Italian lawyer says local authorities have essentially kidnapped the two daughters of an Aviano Air Force staff sergeant, breaking a number of international treaties in the process.

Francesco Furlan, who represents Kris Wylie, said the two girls were taken from his client’s home on Oct. 12 while she was deployed to Bulgaria.

Since then, she’s been allowed to see the girls, ages 5 and 7, for one hour once a week and during a Thanksgiving Day visit at a neutral site.

Monica Carraturo, a prosecutor in Pordenone, said she did not have permission to talk about the case and referred questions to the chief prosecutor in the province. But his secretary would not schedule an interview with him, or even release his name.

Authorities allege the girls were abused by Wylie’s Italian fiance, Santo Petron. He has been charged with child abuse, Furlan said, and Wylie has been charged with acting as an accomplice.

Furlan, who also represents Petron, said neither has done anything wrong.


Rest of article at: http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=50503

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1. Wow, weird story.

Why wouldn't the Italian fiance be brought in by the Italian police and the children and mother be referred to the Military Police or OSI? Wouldn't that me more in line with the SOFA agreement?