American citizen sentenced to life imprisonment in case of murder of Russian partner and daughter
Italian court found Francis Kaffeman guilty in the case of two bodies found in a Rome park
By Capital Kranti desk, Gandhinagar · Editor: Parth Thakkar
5 November 2026, 9:43 pm · 2 min read
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A Rome court has sentenced American citizen Francis Kaffeman to life imprisonment for the criminal murder of a Russian woman and her 11-month-old daughter. Kaffeman, a resident of California, was accused of murdering 28-year-old Anastasia Trofimova and her daughter Andromeda, whose bodies were found in a park in Rome last year.
According to prosecutors, Trofimova died in early June 2025. CCTV footage revealed that Kaffeman headed towards Villa Pamphilj Park carrying the child and returned about an hour later without the child. Following this incident, Kaffeman fled Italy and was later arrested on the Greek island of Skiathos.
Defence lawyer Paolo Foti argued in court that the case is based solely on circumstantial evidence and is insufficient to prove murder. However, a court comprising two professional judges and six lay judges found Kaffeman guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment, which includes three years of solitary confinement during the daytime.
When the naked bodies of both were found on June 7, 2025, it was difficult for the police to identify the mother and child. The investigation saw success after the case was featured on a popular TV programme. According to information provided by a viewer, three weeks before the murder, a young woman, a child, and a man in a bloodied state were seen with the police in Rome. The investigation revealed that on June 5, police saw Kaffeman intoxicated and alone with Andromeda. Prosecutors suggested that Trofimova had died by then, but if the police had taken stricter measures, the child might have been saved.
Anastasia Trofimova was a resident of Siberia and had met Kaffeman in Malta during a vacation in 2023. Their daughter Andromeda was born in June 2024, after which the family moved to Rome. Kaffeman also went by the name 'Rexal Ford' and presented himself as a film director or producer.
Francis Kaffeman was a resident of California and was known as a film director.
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