Italian investigators are probing whereabouts of young Moldovan woman -- who was reportedly seen dining with Francesco Schettino minutes before ship crashed -- as they believe she has crucial evidence as to what happened when cruise liner sailed by Giglio islandA mystery woman was on the bridge alongside cowardly captain Francesco Schettino the night his doomed ship ran aground off an Italian island.
The blonde Moldovan woman is thought to be around 25-years-old and has not been properly identified by investigators as she does not appear on any official passenger manifest.
Salvage efforts: Italian rescuers resume their search on board the
crashed cruise ship, as salvage workers prepare to pump out fuel from
its tanks to avoid an environmental disaster. The blonde, identified in reports as Domnica Cemortan, was named as the woman believed to have been alongside Captain Francesco Schettino the night the massive liner hit rocks and ran aground before keeling over on Italy's Tuscan coast.
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