Villa Pamphili double murder: Kaufmann in Rebibbia, will be interrogated next week

A complicated journey back to Italy for Francis Kaufmann. The man allegedly went into a rage, targeting the officers and complaining that he had been beaten and was ready 'to denounce everyone'. The American was transferred to the protected ward of Rebibbia while waiting for the gip to set the interrogation of guarantee that will take place next week. The capital's prosecutors, coordinated by Deputy Giuseppe Cascini, accuse him of voluntary double murder.

The man, 46, of Californian origin, is suspected of the double murder of his partner Anastasia Trofimova and their 11-month-old daughter, Andromeda. The bodies of the two victims were found on 7 June in the Villa Pamphili park in Rome, about 200 metres apart. According to the investigation, the family lived in precarious conditions, sleeping in makeshift beds between the park and the area of Via Gregorio VII. They bathed in fountains and survived without a fixed abode.

On the findings found and examined by the Forensic Police, as part of the investigation into the Villa Pamphili murders, a male genetic profile was isolated, half of which can be traced back to that of Francis Kaufmann, the American citizen accused by the Prosecution of the double murder. The Messaggero writes today about the investigative findings. On the basis of what emerged from the analysis of some objects, starting with the black cloth under which Anastasia Trofimova's corpse was found, investigators, comparing the DNA of little Andromeda, the 11-month-old girl strangled by 48-year-old Francis Kaufmann, isolated a genetic profile half of which corresponds to that of the daughter of the American citizen who is to be extradited to Italy today from Greece where he was arrested on 13 June. 'These are mixed biological traces,' reads the Roman newspaper, 'saliva and blood'. Through a deductive path the investigators have, therefore, an evidentiary element that supports the thesis of the double murder.

Francis Kaufmann, alias Rexal Ford, il presunto killer di Villa Pamphili oggi arriverà in Italia. Il volo dell’Aeronautica Militare che lo riporterà in patria è atteso alle 12 all’aeroporto di Ciampino. L’uomo, 46enne di origine californiana, è sospettato del duplice omicidio della compagna Anastasia Trofimova e della figlia di 11 mesi, Andromeda. I corpi delle due vittime furono trovati il 7 giugno scorso all’interno del parco di Villa Pamphili, a Roma, a circa 200 metri di distanza l’uno dall’altro. Secondo le indagini, la famiglia viveva in condizioni precarie, dormendo in giacigli di fortuna tra il parco e la zona di via Gregorio VII. Si lavavano nelle fontane e sopravvivevano senza fissa dimora.

Subito dopo l’atterraggio a Ciampino, Kaufmann, sarà prima fotosegnalato e verrà sottoposto al prelievo del Dna, per confermare la paternità con la piccola Andromeda, e poi trasferito nel reparto clinico del carcere di Rebibbia, dopo che in Grecia ha danneggiato la cella dove era detenuto dal 12 giugno, dopo essere stato trasferito da Skiathos. Al suo arrivo gli verrà notificata l’ordinanza di custodia cautelare, emessa dal Gip del tribunale di Roma, con l’accusa di duplice omicidio. Entro cinque giorni sarà fissato l’interrogatorio di garanzia davanti al gip. Kaufmann dovrà nominare un avvocato italiano. In Grecia si era avvalso della facoltà di non rispondere.