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Newly Surfaced Video of Andrea Sempio on Chiara Poggi’s PC Was Opened During Seizure

Metadata show the file was accessed during seizure, raising fresh chain-of-custody questions.

Overview

  • The clip, revealed by YouTuber Francesca Bugamelli on the Bugalalla Crime channel, shows Sempio in a school setting and was recorded on March 13, 2007, then transferred to Chiara Poggi’s PC on July 20, 2007.
  • File metadata and contemporaneous records indicate the video was opened at 16:28 on August 14, 2007, the day after the killing, while the seized computer was in investigators’ possession.
  • Former court IT experts Alberto Porta and Daniele Occhetti confirm the metadata and say the clip supported their finding that improper operations were performed on the device before a forensic copy.
  • Separate technical reports describe widespread access and changes on the seized computers, including the deliberate emptying of the recycle bin and alterations affecting about 73.8% of visible files.
  • The publication adds momentum to the renewed Pavia investigation in which Sempio is under inquiry, with earlier images placing him near the Poggi home on August 13 and prosecutors reported to attribute fingerprints to him.