Desperate Escape / Ghosts of the Past

Overview

Roberto and Luca investigate Maroni, a prisoner who escaped from his prison guards to prepare a robbery at a post office and leave with his partner Nadia for the Philippines. The woman, suffering from a serious breast tumor, hopes to be saved by a local healer and for this reason Maroni, stopped by the officers, locks himself in the place threatening to kill the hostages if they don't give him a car to the airport within an hour. Cristina Bini, a young babysitter, is stabbed to death by her ex Carlo Serra, a drug addict who stole her three-year-old daughter, Laura, who was with her. The little girl is the daughter of Lieutenant Nicola Riva, a colleague of Captain Davide Rea who is taking part in the search. Serra is found in the farmhouse where Paolo Libero was killed for the investigation into pedophilia and confesses to having given Laura to a stranger.