Sad story

[Carolyne]

Thousands of people protested in Caracal, Bucharest, and other cities on July 27-28, outraged that it took the authorities 19 hours to locate and enter the premises where kidnapped Alexandra Macesanu made three desperate calls to the country’s emergency number on July 25 begging to be rescued as they waited for a search warrant — even though it isn’t legally required for life-threatening emergencies.

Alexandra Macesanu
Alexandra Macesanu

Macesanu’s uncle even released a transcript of one of the phone calls in which the responder tells the schoolgirl to get off the line because she is blocking it for other emergency calls.

At the end of the call Macesanu yells, “He’s here, he’s here!” as the line falls silent. In a later call to the emergency line she said she had been beaten and raped.

Officials confirmed on August 3 that DNA from the remains of a body found behind the building in which Macesanu had allegedly been kept matched hers.