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Garlasco Case Hearing Tests DNA Link to Sempio as Stasi Appears in Court

The hearing will fix the forensic record to guide prosecutors on a possible indictment.

Overview

  • The final incidente probatorio opened in Pavia, where court-appointed geneticist Denise Albani is being questioned on her December report.
  • Albani reported Y‑chromosome profiles under two of Chiara Poggi’s fingernails compatible with Andrea Sempio’s paternal line, rating one match as moderately strong and the other as moderate.
  • Her report cautions it cannot date the material, determine whether it was under or above the nails, or establish whether deposition was direct or via objects.
  • Sempio’s defense formally challenged the scientific validity and biostatistics of the analysis and submitted a list of household items to support an indirect‑transfer hypothesis.
  • Previous checks found about sixty fingerprints in the home with none attributed to Sempio, and Stasi’s DNA on an Estathé straw; Stasi attended the hearing under semi‑liberty.