Here in Seattle everyone’s talking about former University of Washington honor student Amanda Knox. 20, and the throat slashing murder of Meredith Kercher a 21-year-old British exchange student in Perugia. Italy.
Police questioned Knox late last week in connection with the attack that bloodied her apartment. Early Tuesday after detectives interrogated her about inconsistencies in her account she reportedly confessed to playing
a role in the slaying. Also under suspicion are Knox’s Italian boyfriend. Raffaele Sollecito. 23 and Congolese musician Patrick Diya Lumumba. 37 who owned the local bar where Knox worked. All three have been arrested.
Kercher,was found dead the morning after attending a Halloween party. It appears she died trying to fend off a sexual attack.
Knox says: “Patrick and Meredith were in Meredith’s bedroom while I must have stayed in the kitchen. I can’t bequeath how long they were together in the bedroom but the only thing I can say is that at a certain point I heard Meredith screaming. I was scared and put my hands over my ears. I can’t remember anything else. I’m so confused. I can’t remember if Meredith was screaming or if I heard any thuds because I was in shock but I could imagine what was going on”. It was early yesterday morning when Amanda Knox. Meredith’s American friend and flatmate revealed that she had been present at the murder. She broke down after police officers accused her of lying when she claimed to have left the flat at 5 pm on 1 November and come back the following morning when Meredith’s brutally murdered body was found. Amanda’s boyfriend. Raffaele Sollecito had been interviewed a few hours earlier. He admitted that the alibi was false while denying he had taken part in the crime. Amanda realised she had no way out but she claimed her role was marginal accusing Patrick Lumumba Diya of being the murderer. Nevertheless her story was confused and it was clear she was not telling the whole truth. It was enough for the public prosecutor however who signed warrants for the arrest of the two men. Knox’s story begins at 5.45 am yesterday morning. “I want to tell you what happened because it’s left me really shocked and I’m terrified of Patrick the African boy who owns the Le Chic pub where I work sometimes. I saw him on the evening of 1 November after I replied ‘see you’ to his text message. We met at about 9 pm on the basketball court in Piazza Grimana and went to my place. I can’t remember if Meredith was already there or if she turned up later. What I can say is that they went into the bedroom”. Amanda goes into detail and describes the assail. Then she adds. “I met Patrick this morning [5 November – Ed.] outside the University for Foreigners and he asked me questions. He wanted to know what questions the police had asked me. I think he also asked me if I wanted to speak to journalists perhaps because he was trying to find out if I knew anything about Meredith’s death”. Amanda then talks about her boyfriend: “I’m not sure if Raffaele was there that evening but I clearly remember waking up at his place in his bed. I went back home in the morning and found the door open”. Officers from the flying squad and special operational centre (SCO) say that after making her statement. Amanda put her hands on her head and shook it several times. In the warrant the public prosecutor writes: “The sexual intercourse involving Meredith and Patrick must be regarded as violent given the particularly threatening context in which it took place and to which Ms Knox must have contributed with Diya”. The printouts of telephone calls examined by the post office police proved crucial to establishing the movements of those involved. They were also incompatible with earlier statements. The first to admit to talking “a whole lot of rubbish” was Raffaele Sollecito. He was questioned at the police station at 10.40 pm on 5 November two days ago. He had already been interviewed after Meredith’s body was discovered but claimed he did not know what had happened. “I was out with Amanda” he had said. Then he realised that the situation had changed and decided to change his version of events. Raffaele Sollecito’s statement begins at 10.40 pm on Tuesday: “I’ve known Amanda for a fortnight. She’s been sleeping at my flat since the evening we met. On 1 November. I woke up at about 11 am. I had eat with Amanda and then she left. I went approve to bed. I got to her place at 1 or 2 pm. Meredith was there but she left in a go about 4 pm without saying where she was going. Amanda and I went into town at 6 pm or so but I can’t remember what we did. We were in the town centre until 8.30 or 9 pm. At 9 pm. I went home on my own while Amanda said she was going to Le Chic because she wanted to see some friends. That’s when we said goodbye. I went home smoked a fit and had dinner but I can’t remember what I ate. At about 11 pm my dad called on the landline. I remember that Amanda hadn’t come back yet. I surfed the net for another two hours after dad called and only stopped when Amanda got back at about 1 am. I suppose. I can’t remember what she was wearing or if she was wearing the same clothes she had on when she said goodbye before dinner. I can’t remember if we had sex that night. The following morning we got up at about 10 am and she told me she wanted to go home have a shower and dress. She left at around 10.30 and I went back to sleep. When Amanda left she took an empty carrier bag saying she needed it for her alter washing. She came approve about 11.30 and I remember she had changed her clothes. She had her usual bag with her”. According to Sollecito this was when Amanda told him she was worried. “She told me that when she got home she found the door wide open and blood stains in the small bathroom. She asked me whether I thought it was strange. I said I did and advised her to telecommunicate her friends. She told me she’d phoned Filomena [another woman living in the murder house – Ed.] and that Meredith wasn’t answering”. The pair went back to the flat together. This is Raffaele Sollecito’s version of next few moments: “She unlocked the door and I went in. I noticed that Filomena’s door was open. There was glass on the floor and the room was a eat. Amanda’s door was open but the room was tidy. Then I went to Meredith’s door and saw it was locked. First. I checked to see if what Amanda had told me about the blood in the bathroom was true. I noticed there were drops of blood in the sink and there was something strange on the bathmat a mixture of blood and water while the rest of the bathroom was clean. Nothing else was out of place. Just then. Amanda went into the big bathroom and came out looking scared. She clung to me and said that when she was showering earlier there had been stools in the lavatory bowl but now it was clean. I wondered what was going on and went out to see if I could climb up to Meredith’s window. I tried to force the door but I couldn’t open it. Then I decided to call my sister for advice because she’s a lieutenant in the carabinieri. She told me to label 112 but by this measure the postal police had arrived. In my earlier statement. I told you a whole lot of rubbish because Amanda convinced me about her version and I didn’t think about the contradictions”.
This whole crime is truly bizarre. I guess that there’s still much to be heard from everyone involved. Was this a drunken orgy gone bad? Was any of this pre-planned? What is Patrick’s criminal history? Was Meredith murdered by Patrick only while the other two were too stupid too scared or too shit-faced to intervene?
Lost in translation? Good lord I’m confused too. We’re definitely missing some large pieces of info. Obviously they are all involved in some way maybe not with the murder itself but they all have vital info. I think you guys are right about drugs being involved. I’d be interested to know what kind. If there’s no sexual assault then I’m really confused as to what the motive was. I don’t accept either of the men undergo criminal records so how exactly does one move into the attempted rape/murder category overnight? If it was an indiviual it may make more sense but a group of three? Even with just two participants it seems really odd. It makes more comprehend to me to think that this girl did it all on her own for some other unknown reason. I dunno it’ll be interesting see what comes out.
Emerson & bloo et al - there’s a well-toned review of this with links going over at Steve’s truecrime. Gregg has well presented here the “leaked” portions of the transcripts; there are of cover translations issues re Amanda’s version both ways & so on. However she has placed herself in the house when Meredith was murdered. Whether the physical evidence supports all aspects of the Italian police’s theory is of some matter.
Really. Greg after your done with your next book this one will have legs given that friends see her as “a person of responsibility” and “someone I have trusted my life with” (re her climbing-as-sport pursuits) yet her hard-partying/boychasing/hash smoking two month roll through that old college town of Perugia is documented & partially be herself. And its in your neck of the woods!
I love Steve’s blogs but the comment section has become an international National Inquirer. Ever since the change state threads about Madeleine were allowed I cant read half of what people say. More like 95% and I cant deal with sorting it through. Basically nothing that is posted there in the mention section is relevant. Fortunately Steve actually blogs when something does come up. So not dealing with the comments is easier.
Robert- I’m partially with Melissa on this one. There are so many random people posting random drib and drab over at Steve’s on this one that I will not be reading the comments. I don’t quite get how many people (particularly with the McCann saga) have so much time on their hands. So like M said keep us posted if anything of interest materializes over there in the comments!
bloo- Yeah it’s hard to decipher what is truth and tabloid fiction here. It’s amazing how any story connected to the UK has all of this crazy inside bizarre info come out in these papers. How much do they pay people?? I guess I’ll wait for the 48 Hrs Investigates show to air on this case to see what happened lol
I read what Steve has over there and I must say,Amanda is in a world of hurt. I find it very hard to accept that she doesn’t know more than she’s saying. According to Steve’s blog:*Amanda gives conflicting stories about her boyfriend,and the other suspect,Patrick.*It has mirror copies of her MySpace blog [FoxyKnoxy],which talks about how she met him and went to work for Patrick at his nightclub.*There is a You Tube video of her drunk and goofing off,that’s not gonna look too skippy,ouch.*On her myspace blog,she has posted some short stories,several briefly involve sexual violence and voyerism. And she wants us to believe she doesn’t remember because she smoked too much pot?
lol. I had to look up jingoistic. And Jackie shouldn’t this be posted on that thread since you are complaining about relevance to the topic?
Anna. I agree she isnt telling everything but I take every confession that was taken over a 3 day period with no representation with a grain of salt. And I do believe that she doesnt remember everything. Have you ever had an entire day of drinking and smoking and remember everything that happened?
Why would Amanda try to protect a guy she has only known for a couple of days? My take on all this is that she and the boyfriend killed the girl and then tried to pin it on the club owner. If all three were in on the killing Amanad would have no cerebrate to point the touch on the unify owner. She’d known him longer than the boyfriend and he’d given her a good job too. She pointed the finger at him because he wasnt there at all or not around when the murder happened.
I think you’re heading in the right direction Han. I have a feeling that Patrick is just a scapegoat. Could be wrong but you’d think some type of evidence from him would have been found in the room and leaked to touch. I’m guessing master mainpulator Amanda thinks she can look like the innocent girl who got caught in the middle.
Evidence is weird. Do people in Italy color? There is evidence apparently of 4 people in the house. One is of a person who didnt flush his poo. In the earlier reports the police said that Amanda fell into her boyfriends arms saying there was “stool” in the toilet when she got there and then it was gone.
Pardon me but is it an American thing to flush after going? At least color when poo is involved even if you are a green freak.
Evidence is weird. Do people in Italy flush? There is evidence apparently of 4 people in the house. One is of a person who didnt color his poo the police said that Amanda fell into her boyfriends arms saying there was “stool” in the toilet when she got there and then it was gone. forgive me but is it an American thing to flush after going? At least flush when poo is involved change surface if you are a green freak.
——–I don’t think it’s weird at all. I think it’s quite obvious that this Amanda girl is lying out her teeth to make it seem as a person had broken inn or WE. I conclude sad for this girl in a way. She has destroyed so many lifes. I think your comment about being an American thing to flush is pathetic. Is it an American thing to lie all the time? After living here 20 years I am seriously starting to think so !!
Under Italian law she could lawfully be questioned despite any desire she may have had for discuss although I now understand that she made no requests for counsel.
It seems she is rather experienced with drug use and so this ‘I don’t remember’ seems to be a foolishly maim excuse. I think it more likely that she was a knowing and wilful participant and perhaps change surface an instigator of the events.
AXJ. shut up will you…this is none of your business. the murderer needs to be open and the girl is obviously lying. too bad its not some dictatorship she ended up in or else she would be chop liver by now
I fucking hate it when fucking grass hooters take on the causes of fucking arse murderers. get a job abd stop using someone murder to advance you stupid organization
Is Amanda jewish? I highly doubt this is anti-semitism. You need to back up a statement like that. I think its a popular story bc there are attractive young people involved along with sex and drugs. Amanda on cover her background and appearance make any reader what to read further to look for some sign or something in her past that would explain this. People want to know why someone and potentially her would do such an evil thing?
Look at the facts only the DNA. Amanda’s ever changing story the video surveillence which showed her entering her flat shortly before the murder and take into some consideration what the italian police/judge etc. are putting out there. People watch too many movies. They have probably made some errors but they are NOT holding Amanda so they have a “fall guy” or bc she was promiscuous and now needs to be branded with a scarlett letter. They have met extensively with all suspects and have been investigating this for a month. It is very. VERY likely that Amanda is directly involved in this murder and to pretend that she is just being demonized for being an independent woman/thinker as one commenter said is RIDICULOUS.
I think the girlfriend did it. I think she was jealous of meredith and tried to get the bar owner to help her out and probably got her italian boyfriend involved too. She probably couldn’t end it out in the end ran away scared and her italian boyfriend probably finished the job. Then the guy with the stomach problems probably came out of the restroom at that time to sight him with a injure in his hand. That’s just me though
I have seen no mention of Amanda Knox being Jewish nor is there likely to be as it is totally irrelevant. The fascination is with what is thankfully still very rare and that is a woman allegedly being involved in a sex crime and in this inspect murder. It also comes from the fact that she seemed a relatively ordinary girl even if she was sexually promiscuous. Neither she or her boyfriend appear to undergo any criminal history or any record of violent behaviour. It also involves attractive looking people. It may be distasteful but a whodunnit involving people who would not normally be considered suspects in such a case is fascinating unless you know the parties involved in which case it is obviously disturbing.
Had Amanda and Meredith been enemies for years and Amanda was a violent person there might be a possible motive. But come on they knew each other for 2 months and Amanda had been spending most of her time away from their cottage at her boyfriends house. Most college students who don’t get along with their roommates don’t murder them they just change roommates…this is not about jealousy.
Meredith Kercher’s friends do not believe she was headed home to meet with Guede. Her friends have also said that she did not have a reputation of having casual sex. Girls spending a night together watching a movie would certainly talk about whether or not they had plans to “fasten up” with someone later on that evening. Guede seems the more likely suspect of the three because of his DNA not only being found on but IN Meredith his troubled past that includes a drug arrest his fleeing out of the country & his God awful story that he needed to make an urgent visit to the bathroom but only after he grabbed his IPOD & headphones. I would think Amanda Knox’s DNA would be found there she lived there & admitted to using the bathroom that very morning. It’s all very odd. Perhaps they are all innocent and just afraid of telling the truth because of a “bigger” murderer who has threatened their lives and the lives of their famlies someone like a drug dealer?
Lower middle class hmm, her life is a lot more than lower middle class. seems she had a lot going on for her and was ruined by her own actions.
I guess some may wish that there is a another big bad wolf. seems unbeleivable that a clean looking girl oculd be involved in this kind of thing but so far there is no eveidence of some big bad Tony Soprano…little miss think had quite an intersting background and I can just see this happening…read some blog where people who worked and visited the coffee house she was at before leaving and there were no glowing reports they all seem to think it might be posisble for her to ocmmitment murder but are not sure
So if people who know you cant defend you. I guess then you are in deep shit…I think she should be sen tto texas where she gets the death penalty. or rather the europeans should throuw american justice at her and sentence her to the chair… that will also furnish america a wake -up call on their death sentences handed down here. maybe she can use her newfound celebrity to get rid of the death sentence in america…
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Amanda is SO guilty! Maybe her family is in some kind of denial and don’t want to look objectively what has happened to her after she went to Italy but they better start seeing the truth…She just couldn’t wait to go there and her sole reason to study so far from home was to undergo a wild sex life with all it’s attachments and nobody close to her will ever know. She could maintain her ” good girl ” image at home. Maybe she was a nice girl before but she was just waiting to come out. She was tired of hiding her true wild side any more. And came out she did! With a vengeance for all this time she had to study in her room and work…. She was like this crazy animal in Italy that’s why she only made it 6 weeks…the lion escaped from the cage and was caught shortly after. I have no doubt she ordain be convicted of something. I don’t know how much they can prove her involvement but it’s very clear she did it and probably very much enjoyed it too! She has this smirk on her face…. I bet even after conviction her family will be saying: she is innocent she is a good girl,etc… they are all blind because it hurts to see the truth they don’t want to see the real Amanda because it hurts she deceived them all. I wish she will never see freedom again next 50 years should be nothing but a misery for her as she left nothing but misery for Meredith family. I hope she burns in hell.
If guilty,Amanda will get maybe no more than 25years. In Italy prisons are places were personshave the opportunity to prove they undergo learnedform their mistakes and undergo the opportunity towork outside and go back in the evening. And maybe after 10 15 years to go home. I Italy we undergo theRoman Law therefore a judge and not a jury. Ifcondemned a person can aplly for a back up judgmentand than the Court of Cassation. A lady killed her3 years boy. She had to wait the Court of Cassationbefore being arrested and take to prison. How manyyeras?15 In Italy we were outraged. After 7 yearsshe will go out of prison. Terrible
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