Overview
- The Rai 2 program Ore 14 Sera reported very high amounts of subungual DNA on a finger of Poggi’s right hand, most likely the little finger.
- The DNA in the tiny nail fragments, labeled MDX5, was described by investigators on the program as considered attributable to Andrea Sempio.
- The broadcast said the profile indicates direct contact consistent with defensive action rather than casual transfer or later contamination.
- The three fragments were set aside in 2007 as too small for testing and were swabbed years later, with MDX5 showing the highest quantity and best preservation among samples.
- Collection in 2007 placed nails from each hand into single vials, complicating finger-level attribution, and the reported finding remains to be preserved and examined in court.