Overview
- Charles Francis Kaufman is charged with the murders of his partner Anastasia Trofimova and their daughter Andromeda as well as concealment of bodies, and he faces a possible life sentence.
- The victims’ bodies were discovered on June 7 inside Rome’s Villa Pamphili park, a few meters apart.
- Medical findings indicate Andromeda was strangled on June 5, and forensic analyses place Kaufman’s traces on the black bag used to cover Trofimova’s body.
- Investigators cite surveillance video and testimony from four witnesses who reported seeing Kaufman enter the park at night carrying a child in an unnatural position, with others describing him as intoxicated and aggressive.
- Kaufman was tracked down in Greece and extradited to Italy and is now held at Rome’s Rebibbia prison, while internal reviews continue into earlier police encounters with him before the killings.