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US National Held in Greece Awaits Extradition for Villa Pamphilj Double Homicide

Italian prosecutors have obtained US verification of his alias passport ahead of his July 10 interrogation.

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Overview

  • Francis Kaufmann remains detained in Larissa prison pending transfer to Rome around July 10 for questioning.
  • Prosecutors received US responses to their rogatory on Kaufmann’s Rexal Ford passport and his domestic violence record.
  • Forensic and histological tests on the bodies of Anastasia Trofimova and her daughter Andromeda are still in progress.
  • Anastasia’s parents traveled from Omsk to give testimony about Kaufmann’s alleged hostage-like control over their daughter and granddaughter.
  • Investigators from Italy, Greece, the US and Russia are piecing together CCTV, mobile-phone data and charity records in the cross-border homicide probe.