Villa Pamphili, Francis Charles Kaufmann’s sister, accused of the double murder: “He is a monster, he tried to kill our brother too”

Behind his upset and bloody face photographed during a check in Rome, there was already a fury ready to explode. Francis Charles Kaufmann, American citizen, was arrested in Volos and is detained in Greece, accused of the murder of his partner Anastasia Trofimova and his daughter Andromeda, found lifeless at Villa Pamphili. To talk about him is his sister Penelope, interviewed by Republic.

«Charlie is a sick person. He is a violent, especially when he drinks or drugs. He eliminates his brain, does not manage anger. He becomes a monster, “says Penelope, evoking dramatic episodes of childhood:”When we were children he broke a finger in a big hardware store. I thought it was an accident. Instead, my father understood that he had done it on purpose. That Charlie was a psychopath. As drunk, he almost killed our brother, so he fled. We were all terrified by Charlie. If you want to know how the devil is done, my brothers say, look at Charlie ».

The life of Charles Francis Kaufmannwho in the past has also called himself Rexal Fordit was a continuous succession of lies, missed promises, violence. In Rome he had been repeatedly reported for aggressive behavior against Anastasia. “When he told us he had a child with this girl, we started praying every day. We were worried that he killed them. Then he did it, I assure you that he both killed them. He had also tried with my brother. This is why he changed his name and escaped from America. “

A skilled man in manipulating, capable of obtaining money and trust from anyone, even from his family. “He told us that his wife and daughter pativate hunger. What a pathetic man. My poor mother – you should see her, is an angel – every two weeks sent him something. I, who have three children, sent him 3,000 dollars only once. Charlie has always been a genius of the scambecause he knows which ropes to touch to get money from anyone and in any situation ».

With that “talent”, Penelope Kaufmann says, she had introduced himself to the world of cinema, managing to attend directors and musicians, even without building anything stable. «Charlie was brilliant, he knows how to do it with people. When he lived in Los Angeles he went to dinner with Hollywood directors, with famous musicians. He knew hundreds of stars of the show. But they are certainly not friends who help you when you don’t know where to go to sleep with your daughter. They also knew it was a bit weak (Nut Bag). At home we called him the non-talented of Mr. Ripley ».

The latest contacts date back a few days before arrest. “A few weeks ago he wrote to me that they were all fine. For a moment I thought that girl had changed it. Then, a few days before the arrest, He wrote to me that Anastasia had left him. Two days later he sends an email to say that she had returned to get the girl. Instead he had already killed them both, because I know he killed them both. He is a bastard. We knew he was a violent, but we never thought, not even in ten million years, that he could hurt a child. There is no lower crime. We are destroyed, we apologize to Italy and the family of Anastasia. My brother is a monster».