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The Greek electronic edition states that it has identified the biological mother of blond Maria, who, last week, was found in the gypsy camp in the town of Farsala near Larissa. According to zougla.gr, she is Sasha Russeva from Bourgas. A witness who knows the family that raised Maria said before the edition that the only certain thing regarding the child is that she was born on 31 January 2009 at the hospital of the city of Lamia. The subsequent journalistic check revealed that a Bulgarian woman had actually given birth to a girl in the same hospital on that date. The edition has obtained a copy of the birth certificate, stating that the birth took place under the supervision of doctor Theodoros Haritos:

The journalist check carried out by zougla.gr shows that Sasha Russeva is married to Atanas Russev from the village of Nikolaevo near the city of Stara Zagora. She had declared at the hospital that she was not married. They have two more children The edition has published the certificate of marriage of the couple:

Of course, only a DNA test can prove with 100 % certainty whether Sasha Russeva is the biological mother of blond Maria. However, the edition believes that, if this is not a unique coincidence, we are close to solving the mystery of the little blond girl. zougla.gr has checked Sasha Russeva’s social insurance "record", showing that the woman was not insured in Bulgaria in 2008, 2009 and 2010, which means that she worked abroad. Her social security dates back to 2011, continuing in 2012 and 2013, and this means that the woman is in Bulgaria at present and it is the Bulgarian authorities’ turn to search for her.

Two days ago, zougla.gr found the Greek businessman with Bulgarian citizenship, Theodoros Athanasiadis, who had met little Maria at a hospital in the town of Sandanski in 2011. "Personally, I am 92% sure, and my wife is 99% sure, that the girl with ophthalmologic problems we saw at the hospital in the town of Sandanski was little Maria," said the businessman. A neighbour of the Roma family confirmed before the same edition that the child had had sight problems and her "parents" had taken her to northern Greece to undergo a medical examination.

To be continued