Overview

• On June 7 two women discovered the bodies of an infant and a roughly 40-year-old woman in Villa Doria Pamphili park, with the woman found in a black trash bag under oleander bushes about 200 meters from the infant.
• Autopsies conducted on June 9 suggested the infant was likely strangled, while forensic analysts have yet to determine the woman’s cause of death.
• Police are reviewing footage from multiple park surveillance cameras and tracing a witness report of a man seen carrying an object into the park on the night of the discovery.
• Investigators expect DNA and toxicological analyses to identify the victims—who Italian media suggest may be from Eastern Europe—and confirm the cause of their deaths.
• Authorities are pursuing leads ranging from possible ties to drug networks or a dispute among homeless individuals to the park’s unofficial nighttime activity despite official closure.