Tragic End in Amsterdam: The Mysterious Death of a Young Italian

For about a week, silence. His phone no longer rang. Then, the drama: his body was found near the tracks of the Holendrecht railway station, on the outskirts of Amsterdam, where he lived with other boys. Alessio Giannaccari died at just 20 years old, in the Dutch capital where he had moved just over a month ago to have a new experience. The police, who found the body, do not exclude any hypothesis, not even that he might have thrown himself under a moving train or that someone could have pushed him. Luciano De Luca died at the age of 69, he was the 'voice' of the Rome metro B. What happened Departing from Lecce, Alessio had packed his high school diploma and a lot of enthusiasm in his suitcase. In Amsterdam, he found a job as a waiter in a restaurant and seemed happy. He did not like social media and for this reason, his friends affectionately teased him. He preferred using the phone to hear from the people he loved more. And to his childhood friend, whom he had called recently, he said he wanted to return to Lecce soon to have a big party with all his dearest friends. His father Ilario, an entrepreneur in the restaurant sector, and his mother Gabriella, a lawyer, went to the Netherlands for the identification of the body. "He was very close to both," says a family friend who remembers Alessio as "a sunny and wonderful boy: he was always there for everyone, ready to lend a hand". His smiling face, his blue eyes, and his height of 1.85 meters had become the protagonists of the appeals on social media. Since the family had no news of him, Alessio's photo and a brief description of him were spread everywhere. However, no response came until the phone rang for the parents, who were informed of the discovery of their son's body. The appeal on the web His will to live is the most intense memory he leaves in Lecce. And now another appeal is running on the web, the one to shed light on the real reasons for his death. No one believes he could have committed suicide. "My daughters," continues the family friend, "are convinced that if Alessio had been in any discomfort, he would have certainly confided in them: 'he told us everything,' they assured me, guaranteeing that 'he was fine'. Now we are all devastated by the pain." When he left home, Alessio did not take any identification documents and wallet with him. In the apartment he shared with other boys, the police found no elements useful to the investigation. Where he lived Alessio had just begun to live the life he had chosen after graduating from a high school in Lecce with an economic-social focus. He had decided not to continue his studies, at least for now, to gain experience abroad rather than work in his father's companies. The area where he lived was well connected to the city center, crowded every day by thousands of tourists. The capital of entertainment, culture, but also of transgression, Amsterdam attracts young people from all over the world. And Alessio wanted to make this period of his life unforgettable. However, his dream was interrupted by a premature death, which everyone who knew him asks to be clarified.