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Washington Post
a day ago
- Washington Post
American arrested in killing of infant found with dead mother in Rome park
ROME — An American man was arrested Friday afternoon in Greece in the killing of a baby girl whose body was found along with her dead mother last week in a park in central Rome, Italian authorities said. Italian prosecutors said that there was not enough evidence to charge the man, who was arrested on the Greek island of Skiathos, with killing the mother because the cause of her death had not been determined.
Irish Times
a day ago
- Irish Times
Italy arrests US man over mother and child deaths in Rome park
Italian police arrested a US citizen on Friday in connection with the death of a woman and her baby daughter whose naked bodies were found in a park in central Rome . The man, who was not named, was arrested on the Greek island of Skiathos, Rome's chief prosecutor, Francesco Lo Voi, told reporters at a news conference. The case has grabbed headlines in Italy since the mother and her child, who was less than one year old, were found dead on Saturday in Villa Pamphili, Rome's largest central city park. None of the people involved have been named, and prosecutors in the case told reporters they had still not been able to identify the mother or the child. READ MORE Italian newspapers have reported that the mother and child were also US citizens, but prosecutors did not confirm this. Mr Lo Voi said the arrested man had declared he was the father of the child, and there was 'robust evidence' that he had killed her, while the cause of death of the mother was less clear. The suspect flew to Skiathos from Rome on Wednesday, and his DNA would be examined to establish whether he was the father, the prosecutor said. He was arrested based on evidence including witness accounts and surveillance camera footage, while the fact he had flown to Greece shortly after being seen with the victims 'in itself doesn't count in his favour,' Mr Lo Voi said. Lead prosecutor Giuseppe Cascini said the man had been seen with the child in his arms after the presumed time of death of the mother. The evidence against the suspect was particularly strong regarding the death of the child, Mr Cascini said, but the case was 'a probable dual murder'. The prosecutors thanked the US FBI for its help in identifying the man, and the Greek authorities for their role in the arrest. The man, woman and child were first seen together in Italy in April, and there was no record of any of them in the country before then, they said. —Reuters
CTV News
a day ago
- CTV News
Police arrest American on Greek island suspected in Rome deaths of a woman and infant
A view of the St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican and Rome's skyline, Sunday, Jan.1, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) MILAN — Greek authorities detained an American man Friday on the Greek island of Skiathos suspected of killing an infant found over the weekend in a Rome park and of having a role in the death of the infant's mother, whose body was found nearby. The American, who was not identified, was detained on a European arrest warrant issued in Italy, and he will be formally arrested when the warrant is forwarded, Greek police told The Associated Press. The suspect will appear before a judge in an extradition hearing next week and has the right to challenge his transfer. The bodies of the baby girl and mother, also identified as Americans, were found in Rome's Villa Pamphili park on Saturday, the Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported. The mother's body was under a black bag, having been killed several days before the infant, who was found several hundred metres (yards) away in undergrowth. Police in Rome have refused to comment on the case, and a news conference was scheduled for later Friday. Police theorize that the man killed the infant after returning to the park where the mother's body had been left, the paper said. Their relationship with the suspect was not immediately clear— but police said they had been traced to a shelter for the needy near the Vatican, where they appeared to be a nuclear family. Authorities were able to track down the suspect thanks to fingerprints on the bag covering the woman and a scrap of a tent like ones provided to people without shelter, the newspaper said. He was located Greece with mobile phone data. According to the newspaper, the woman, who was around 30 years old, had a tattoo of a skeleton on a surfboard. Kantouris reported from Thessaloniki, Greece. Colleen Barry And Costas Kantouris, The Associated Press
The Independent
a day ago
- The Independent
Police arrest American on Greek island suspected in Rome deaths of a woman and infant
Greek authorities detained an American man Friday on the Greek island of Skiathos suspected of killing an infant found over the weekend in a Rome park and of having a role in the death of the infant's mother, whose body was found nearby. The American, who was not identified, was detained on a European arrest warrant issued in Italy, and he will be formally arrested when the warrant is forwarded, Greek police told The Associated Press. The suspect will appear before a judge in an extradition hearing next week and has the right to challenge his transfer. The bodies of the baby girl and mother, also identified as Americans, were found in Rome's Villa Pamphili park on Saturday, the Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported. The mother's body was under a black bag, having been killed several days before the infant, who was found several hundred meters (yards) away in undergrowth. Police in Rome have refused to comment on the case, and a news conference was scheduled for later Friday. Police theorize that the man killed the infant after returning to the park where the mother's body had been left, the paper said. Their relationship with the suspect was not immediately clear— but police said they had been traced to a shelter for the needy near the Vatican, where they appeared to be a nuclear family. Authorities were able to track down the suspect thanks to fingerprints on the bag covering the woman and a scrap of a tent like ones provided to people without shelter, the newspaper said. He was located Greece with mobile phone data. According to the newspaper, the woman, who was around 30 years old, had a tattoo of a skeleton on a surfboard. —- Kantouris reported from Thessaloniki, Greece.
Washington Post
a day ago
- Washington Post
Police arrest American on Greek island suspected in Rome deaths of a woman and infant
MILAN — Greek authorities detained an American man Friday on the Greek island of Skiathos suspected of killing an infant found over the weekend in a Rome park and of having a role in the death of the infant's mother, whose body was found nearby. The American, who was not identified, was detained on a European arrest warrant issued in Italy, and he will be formally arrested when the warrant is forwarded, Greek police told The Associated Press. The suspect will appear before a judge in an extradition hearing next week and has the right to challenge his transfer.
