Mysterious death of woman and baby in Rome, suspected perpetrator caught on Greek island

2025-06-13 18:58:34Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Crime scene in Rome

Greek authorities arrested an American man on the Greek island of Skiathos on Friday, suspected of killing a baby found over the weekend in a Rome park and of a role in the death of the baby's mother, whose body was found nearby.

The American, who was not identified, was arrested on a European arrest warrant issued in Italy and will be formally arrested when the warrant is forwarded, Greek police told The Associated Press. The suspect will appear before a judge at an extradition hearing next week and has the right to challenge his transfer.

The bodies of the girl and her mother, also identified as American, were found in Rome's Villa Pamphili park on Saturday, Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported. The mother's body was under a black bag, having been killed a few days before the baby, who was found a few hundred meters away in the bushes.

Police in Rome have declined to comment on the case and a press conference is scheduled for later on Friday. Police believe the man killed the baby after returning to the park where the mother's body was left.

Their relationship to the suspect is not yet known, but police said they were tracked down to a shelter for the needy near the Vatican, where they appeared to be a family.

Authorities were able to track the suspect down thanks to fingerprints on the bag that covered the woman and a piece of tent, like those provided to homeless people. He was found in Greece using cell phone data.

According to Italian newspapers, the woman, who was around 30 years old, had a tattoo of a skeleton on a surfboard.

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