US man jailed for life for murder of Russian partner and daughter in Rome
The court imposed life imprisonment after finding CCTV and police logs linked Kaufmann to the killings, while the defense said evidence was circumstantial.
- An Italian court on Thursday sentenced American Francis Kaufmann to life in prison after convicting him of murdering his Russian partner, Anastasia Trofimova, and their 11-month-old daughter, Andromeda, in a case that shocked Italy.
- Prosecutors alleged Trofimova was killed in early June 2025, with CCTV footage capturing Kaufmann carrying the infant toward Villa Pamphili before returning alone; he fled Italy soon after and was arrested on the Greek island of Skiathos.
- Investigators initially struggled to identify the victims after their bodies were discovered on June 7, 2025, until a popular TV program prompted a viewer to report seeing police interact with a bleeding Kaufmann, Trofimova, and Andromeda weeks before the killings.
- Defense lawyer Paolo Foti argued on Thursday, "This is a trial based on circumstantial evidence, and circumstantial evidence is not proof," as Kaufmann maintained his innocence throughout the proceedings.
- Police records showed officers stopped a drunk Kaufmann on June 5 while he was alone with Andromeda, prompting prosecutors to suggest the infant might have survived had police intervened more forcefully during that critical encounter.
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A Rome court has convicted Francis Coffman of the murder of 28-year-old Anastasia Trofimova and their 11-month-old daughter, Andromeda.
In June 2025, the corpses of a Russian woman (29) and her eleven-month-old daughter were discovered in the popular Roman city park Doria Pamphili. Now the child's partner and father were found guilty of murder. The verdict was announced after several months of trial.
The court in Italy sentenced Francis Kaufmann, a U.S. national, to life imprisonment on charges of murdering his partner, Omsk Anastasia Trofimova, and their 11-month-old daughter Andromeda, reports ANSA.
Bogus Producer Gets Life In Italy For Murder Of Partner and Daughter
Bogus U.S. film producer Francis Charles Kaufmann has been found guilty of murdering his partner and their 11-month daughter by an Italian court and sentenced to life in prison, with three years of solitary confinement. The sentence comes some 18 months after the discovery of the lifeless bodies of his partner, 28-year-old Russian national Anastasia Trofimova and their 11-month-old Andromeda in Rome’s Villa Pamphili park on June 7, 2025. Local…
He arrived in prison for Francis Kaufmann aka Rexal Ford, the American citizen accused of the double murder of his companion Anastasia Trofimova and his daughter Andromeda of just 11 months. It is the sentence pronounced by the First Court of Assise of Rome for the death of the woman and the child, whose bodies were found on June 7, 2025 [...] L'articolo Delitto di Villa Pamphili, Francis Kaufmann convict of life: "Killed companion and daughter …
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