Overview
- Forensic scientists used the infant’s genetic profile to reconstruct a male DNA sequence from crime-scene objects, confirming Kaufmann as Andromeda’s father while implicating him in the murders.
- Investigators seized more than 40 items at Villa Doria Pamphilj—including a black plastic sheet and a sleeping bag—that yielded isolatable male DNA.
- Kaufmann arrived in Rome today after Greek courts approved his extradition; he will provide DNA and fingerprint samples for a paternity test.
- He faces aggravated charges of double murder and corpse concealment, with a preliminary hearing possibly scheduled this afternoon.
- Histological analyses to determine Trofimova’s precise cause of death remain pending.