The Missing Children of Bulgaria – the mysteries that leave their families in constant pain. The stories of Savestin and Desi reveal the unending struggle of their parents, who seek justice and answers to the questions that the state has yet to provide.
The mother of Desi, who disappeared in 2002, and the father of Savestin, who went out to play in front of the apartment building in 1997 and never returned, spoke about the pain of not knowing what happened to your child.
"Eight years after Desi's disappearance, charges were brought against her then-boyfriend Bozhidar Pekov, which were later dropped," the missing girl's mother, Angela Marinova, told Nova TV.
During the course of the investigation, the suspect repeatedly changed his testimony and flatly refused to take a lie detector test.
"This action should become mandatory when there are reasonable suspicions that the detainee in question is connected to the case," said lawyer Yanichka Metodieva.
The father of Savestin, who disappeared when he was just 7 years old, is adamant that his son was kidnapped for adoption. The kidnappers studied the family's habits for months and received 200,000 euros for the boy.
For nearly 20 years, Savestin's case passed through the hands of four prime ministers, two prosecutors general and several interior ministers. After two hunger strikes and an attempted self-immolation in front of the European Parliament, Savestin's father managed to condemn Bulgaria in Strasbourg. But not to get his child back.
As an example of state inaction, father Todor Deyanov points to a situation from four years ago. In the Lyon metro, a Bulgarian woman noticed a young man whose resemblance to Savestin's photo robot was striking. She immediately reported the incident.
However, three days after the report was filed, the security camera footage was automatically destroyed by the subway system. Todor was unable to view it.
"Bulgaria does not have a detective search in the Ministry of Interior! The instructions are some formal nonsense, which are also secret, so that you cannot understand that they are nonsense. To this day, the operational case for Savestin, which is in the Ministry of Interior, is secret. They refused to give it to two judges, they refuse to give it to the prosecutor's office either. The last chance is for him to go look for who he is himself," says Savestin's father. See more: Over a period of 5-6 months in 1989, 24 people disappeared without a trace in Dobrich, most of them between the ages of 23 and 30...
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Summary:
The fate of missing children Savestin and Desi remains a mystery. Their parents share their long-standing struggle with institutions and the lack of answers.
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