Overview
- The court’s psychiatric report, delivered Thursday, found Francis Kaufman entirely unable to take part in his trial because of an active but temporary psychotic disorder.
- The experts prescribed antipsychotic medication and called for a fresh evaluation in roughly one month, and judges are expected to suspend hearings until then.
- The evaluators rejected the idea that Kaufman is faking symptoms to avoid trial, stating his behavior does not match deliberate simulation.
- The team said they cannot reliably judge Kaufman’s mental state during the June 2025 killings because he did not cooperate and key medical records, outside informants, and even basic instrument tests were missing.
- Records show no psychiatric issues in a July 2025 prison exam, with psychotic signs appearing by November 2025, while the case centers on charges he killed partner Anastasia Trofimova and infant daughter Andromeda and hid their bodies in Rome’s Villa Doria Pamphili.