Saskia

Hi folks. Cristiano is still missing. After 3 months and 2 weeks, still not a trace, and my contacts at DIJ and Fiscalia have no clues, it seems. I am been shut down: like no-one wants to talk to me on the subject anymore. My whatsapp chats to DIJ remain unreeled however they get read. I have no idea how to proceed to be honest.

I suggest you raad the local news papers, the "bloody" ones. La Critica would be very informative. Just to mention one of the cases in question: little girl killed by accident as they were aiming to kill her Dad who was a member of Los Carne Fritas, which is one of the many many gangs currently known to operate in David. Stuff most expats never even hear about. Mostly gang and drug related murders. No expats involved at all. The number 6 as the death toll given to me by the DIJ. Not made up.

Cristiano went missing on May 10th. This means he has been missing for over a month, for 6 weeks actually! I am trying to communicate with the authorities about Cristiano's disappearance and keep getting the door smacked in my face; no information AT ALL: For the past weeks they told me they are investigating but can't reveal anything as that would mess with the investigation. They now tell me that in the last week there have been 6 murders in Chiriqui ( no expats) and that they only have this much manpower; I can imagine they put Cris' case on the back burner. Its extremely sad, all of it. Like he never existed. I am now traveling abroad and will be back the second week of July, but I keep in touch with the DIJ through WhatsApp, with no result. They now don't even answer.

25 days since the disappearance of my friend Cristiano Zeviani in Chiriqui! Yes, 25 days and no trace of him! Last seen in the area of El Caño de Dolega, where he went to show a property to an unknown interested party. His car was found back far away in the desolate area of Respinga in Cerro Punta without the license plate and window sticker. Not a trace of Cristiano, and the authorities keep telling us they have great leads but can't tell us anything. This has been going on now since the investigation has started. Yes, I am "just" a friend of his, and take this situation to heart as I would with any other friend. His girlfriend is Panamanian and in shock, Cristianos Mum has heart problems and she is in her eighties, so she hasn't been able to travel here yet. We have no funds, and the DIJ says the case is making progress, but that they can't tell us anything or it "would mess up the investigation". This drives us crazy as we are very grown up already and not likely to leak delicate information. I suspect there might be not as many leads as we had hoped for. The DIJ has been doing a search with 4 men in the area of El Caño de Dolega, and with a larger group of Sinaproc personnel in Cerro Punta where the car was found. They tell me every day when I go and or call, that they are continuing the investigation and the search. As vague as can be. After being on the phone for days, finally Interpol put Cristiano on the Yellow public list of Missing Persons. He was already on the internal list which is only accessible to Law Enforcement Personnel. See here, so you see THIS IS NO HOAX. www.interpol.int . Go to the yellow list and put "italian" in the Nationality roll down link. You will see 23 Italian citizens are missing in total, and Cristiano is the last one added. No help from Embassy. We need to hire a private detective I think. This week I am going to start raising funds for that.

EXPAT ALERT! My dear friend Cristiano Zeviani has gone missing while showing property to a supposed client in Caño de Dolega, Chiriqui. This was on Tuesday, May 10th, 2016. We never heard from him again and we are worried sick. The DIJ- Investigative police force, has found his car, a Mitsubishi L200 pickup truck, black doble cabin, abandoned in the Cerro Punta area. This is a call for help: we need him to be found. See my Facebook page Saskia Marjolein and Boquete Ning for this subject as well. My phone, for any information, 69787500