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Garlasco Case: DNA Report Links Fingernail Trace to Sempio Line as Evidentiary Hearing Nears

Next week’s hearing will formalize contested Y‑STR findings at the heart of the reopened probe.

Overview

  • Court-appointed expert Denise Albani has filed a report stating that mixed DNA from Chiara Poggi’s fingernails is compatible with Andrea Sempio’s paternal line, with likelihood ratios ranging from 17 to 2,153 depending on sample and database.
  • Prosecutors’ consultants describe the genetic compatibility as strong or moderate, while the defense argues the comparison is legally worthless due to non-replicated assays.
  • Defense lawyer Liborio Cataliotti says Sempio will not be questioned for now and has commissioned a counter-expertise exploring possible indirect DNA transfer, outlining 15–20 potential contact points.
  • A December 18 incidente probatorio is scheduled in Pavia to fix the scientific record, with additional perizie from other experts expected to be finalized around the hearing.
  • TV host Massimo Giletti aired an unconfirmed claim of further Sempio-line DNA on a fingernail not analyzed in 2007, as investigators also review motive leads involving calls to the Poggi home, locked intimate videos on the victim’s PC, social-media posts, and uncorroborated Bozzola sanctuary allegations; previously unheard Stasi intercepts were also broadcast.