The disappearance of Ylenia Carrisi on January 6, 1994 in New Orleans shocked the world and became one of the most talked about topics in the international black chronicle, especially for being the daughter of acclaimed Italian singers Al Bano and Romina Power. .
The girl with a difficult personality vanished without a trace while on a trip to her mother’s homeland. Sources close to the family environment then spoke of the big fights that the young woman had with her parent, something that triggered the theories that nothing had happened to Carrisi, but that she had disappeared of her own free will.
In 2014, after 20 years, the young artist was officially declared dead by the Italian courts, since all the police investigations, theories and studies had not led to any clue as to where the young woman could be.
Although the famous singer Al Bano sat down on many television sets to talk about the subject and even starred in heated conflicts with those who dared to contradict him, such as the famous war that he had for years with the journalist Lydia Lozano, a few days ago gave some statements that shed light on the truth of the terrible event.
The singer gave an interview to the Corriere della Sera medium in which he opened up on the channel and explained that when his daughter disappeared almost three decades ago his world stopped: “It was terrible. I thought that God had abandoned me. And with the pain grew a voice that said: Al Bano, end everything”.
The interpreter also explained that both he and Romina Power did everything in their power to find their daughter, but that the situation was incredibly strange and they were not advancing in the investigation. ”I reconstructed her last night hour by hour. I spoke to witnesses,” he recounted as he explained that he even got to know Masakela, who had been in prison.
As he told the Italian outlet, Al Bano accepted the truth after questioning the last person who saw her: the guardian of the port of New Orleans: “I questioned the last person who saw her, the guardian of the port. She was sitting by the river , he warned her that she couldn’t stay there. But Ylenia told him: ‘I belong to the waters,’ and she dove into the river. She used to say that phrase as a child before going swimming. And the Mississippi doesn’t forgive” .
The singer added to this harsh testimony that while he ended up accepting that his daughter ended up under those waters, Carrisi’s mother was unable: ”Romina never wanted to accept it. But that’s how it was.”
