Overview

• DNA analysis confirms Francis Kaufmann is the biological father of Andromeda, deepening his connection to the June double homicide in Villa Pamphilj.
• Forensic autopsy reports indicate the infant died by strangulation with signs of mechanical asphyxia and the mother likely by suffocation.
• Kaufmann was arrested under an alias in a Skiathos hostel on June 14 after fleeing Rome and was extradited to Italy in early July.
• Rome’s Prosecutor’s Office has launched a financial misconduct inquiry into more than €800,000 in public film tax credits allegedly obtained for an unproduced Kaufmann project.
• The investigation has prompted scrutiny of police procedures and spurred legislative proposals to tighten oversight of public culture funding.