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Coverage dated November 5, 2026

An American man with shifting identities and grandiose movie plans is convicted of murdering his girlfriend and child in Rome

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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) — “My name is Rexal Ford,” the man born under the name Charles Francis Kaufmann told an Italian courtroom, in English, at the start of his double-murder trial in February. “I am not a killer. I am a film producer.

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    By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) — “My name is Rexal Ford,” the man born under the name Charles Francis Kaufmann told an Italian courtroom, in English, at the start of his double-murder trial in February. “I am not a killer. I am a film producer.

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