Overview

• Investigators recovered a previously undetected 3 cm hair in the blue trash bag from Chiara Poggi’s home and are running nuclear DNA tests.
• Forensic experts are re-examining fingerprints and shoe prints from the 2007 crime scene using advanced 3D mapping and updated analysis methods.
• Authorities are exploring the theory that more than one person was involved in the killing, echoing earlier expert conclusions about body-handling logistics.
• Andrea Sempio, a friend of the victim’s brother, has been formally listed as a suspect and provided a compelled DNA sample for comparison.
• A 2022 audio recording has emerged suggesting witness Marco Muschitta may have been threatened or bribed into retracting his original testimony.