When the policemen who had been hunting him for four days found him, inside a former abandoned factory in Pontenuovo, near Latina, he was sleeping.
Thus ended the escape of Dragos Daniel Marcu, a 31-year-old Romanian accused of having kidnapped and raped a 16-year-old girl last Wednesday in the Lazio city, after punching the friend who accompanied the young woman in the face.

The man was arrested by the agents of the Mobile Squad of the Latina Police Headquarters near Latina Scalo, between the Latina station and the territory of Sermoneta.
Homeless, he hid inside the Mistral plant, now in disuse, not far from where the event had taken place. In his past several problems with justice that led him to some convictions for theft. But there is also a case of mistreatment of two women, his compatriots.

To indicate to the investigators the 31-year-old Romanian were the two victims, who had recognized him in a mugshot.
On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 3, the two young men, 18 years old he and 16 her, had started aboard his minicar towards the abandoned industrial area of Latina. Here they got out of the car and shortly after approached by the man who did not give them time to flee. Hit the 18-year-old in the face with a punch, the attacker got into the car and drove away with the girl.

Regaining consciousness, the young man alerted the police. Only several hours later the girl reappeared thanks to the location of the mobile phone by the Police. The 16-year-old was muddy and with a split lip. Taken to the Santa Maria Goretti hospital in Latina, the young woman refused hospitalization. Now the investigation will try to shed light on what happened and whether there was indeed sexual violence.

"The arrest of the alleged perpetrator of sexual assault is good news. This is a not obvious result that restores serenity to the territory. To the victim of the aggression my solidarity and closeness - said Luisa Regimenti, councilor of the Lazio region for Personnel, Urban Security, Local Police and Local Authorities. It should be emphasized - continues Regimenti - that once again the link between urban decay and crime emerges, with the alleged aggressor who was hiding in a disused factory that became no man's land. Crime prevention passes through a ruthless fight against degradation and neglect and on this we must work with municipalities and local authorities".