Mother of missing girl told daughter is dead during live TV show

Mother told missing daughter dead on live TV show

ROME — An Italian mother whose 15-year-old daughter has been missing for weeks was told during a live TV show that her child was allegedly killed by the girl’s uncle.

Concetta Serrano was participating in a show that focuses on missing people when the anchor told her late Wednesday her brother-in-law had confessed to have allegedly murdered Sarah Scazzi.

The Italian news agencies broke the story of the alleged confession while the show was being broadcast live from inside the uncle’s house in the southern Italian town of Avetrana, where Scazzi disappeared on Aug. 26.