Amanda Knox: Murder On Trial In Italy Page #8

CALLED ME A STUPID LIAR.

AND THEN BOOM!

I WAS HIT:

IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD TWICE.

BUT IT WAS DURING

THIS SAME INTERROGATION

THAT YOU FALSELY ACCUSED

PATRICK LUMUMBA:

OF MURDERING MEREDITH.

WHY?

BECAUSE...

HE WAS THE ONLY ONE

THAT THE POLICE...

WERE --

WERE INTERESTED IN.

AND I WAS CONFUSED,

AND I COULDN'T REMEMBER

WHAT HAPPENED.

AND HAVE YOU EVER

IMAGINED SOMETHING

THAT NEVER HAPPENED

TO YOU?

NO, BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN

INTERROGATED LIKE THAT BEFORE.

AT THE TIME,

I WAS VERY STRESSED OUT

AND I WAS CONFUSED.

AND THE POLICE:

SUGGESTED PATRICK'S NAME.

AND THEN SO I HAD A FLASHBACK

THAT PATRICK WAS THE MURDERER.

SO, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

NOW, EITHER SOMETHING IS TRUE

OR IT ISN'T TRUE.

FOR EXAMPLE,

YOU'RE IN COURT RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE NOT AT THE BEACH, NO?

CAN I FINISH NOW?

PLEASE.

LATER ON I REALIZED

THAT MY IMAGININGS

WERE NOT REAL MEMORIES.

IT WAS JUST IMAGINATION.

I...

PATRICK --

PATRICK'S INNOCENT.

HE WAS INNOCENT.

BUT YOU NEVER TOLD

THE POLICE THAT.

YOU NEVER TOLD ME!

DIDN'T YOU FEEL THE NEED

TO INTERVENE:

AND GET AN INNOCENT MAN

OUT OF PRISON?!

[ Voice breaking ] THE POLICE

HAD ALREADY THREATENED ME.

THEY CALLED ME A LIAR.

I DIDN'T...

I DIDN'T TRUST THEM

ANYMORE.

PERHAPS YOU HAD OTHER REASONS

TO KEEP LUMUMBA ON THE HOOK.

OBJECTION!

[ INDISTINCT WHISPERING ]

Mignini:
YOU'VE HEARD TESTIMONY

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED

BEFORE THE MURDER

OF MEREDITH KERCHER

AND TESTIMONY:

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER.

BASED ON THE EVIDENCE,

I'M NOW GOING TO TELL YOU

WHAT WE THINK HAPPENED

DURING IT.

AROUND 10:
00 ON THE NIGHT

OF NOVEMBER 1, 2007,

AMANDA KNOX:

AND RAFFAELE SOLLECITO

WENT TO GRIMANA SQUARE.

NOW, I BELIEVE THEY WERE THERE

TO MEET RUDY GUEDE

TO BUY DRUGS.

AT 11:
20,

AMANDA OPENS THE DOOR

TO THE COTTAGE WITH HER KEY

AND SHE AND THE TWO MEN ENTER.

THEY'RE ALL UNDER THE INFLUENCE

OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.

RUDY GOES TO THE BATHROOM.

AMANDA AND RAFFAELE

FIND MEREDITH IN HER BEDROOM,

HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM DINNER

AMANDA AND MEREDITH

BEGAN TO ARGUE.

THE FIGHT COULD'VE BEEN

OVER ANY NUMBER OF THINGS --

MEREDITH AND AMANDA

NO LONGER GOT ALONG,

PETTY JEALOUSIES,

THE FACT:

THAT MEREDITH DIDN'T APPROVE

OF AMANDA'S SEXUAL

OR HYGIENE HABITS.

THE TIME HAD COME

FOR AMANDA TO TAKE REVENGE.

THAT'S WHEN

MEREDITH'S ORDEAL BEGAN.

IT IS AMANDA:

WHO STARTED THE FIGHT

WHICH TRIGGERED AN UNSTOPPABLE

CRESCENDO OF VIOLENCE,

AND IT IS AMANDA

WHO PLUNGED THE KNIFE

INTO MEREDITH'S NECK.

IT IS AMANDA AND RAFFAELE

WHO RETURN LATER,

UNDRESS MEREDITH...

CUT OFF HER BRA...

TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A RAPE.

AND THEN AMANDA:

COVERS THE BODY WITH A QUILT,

A FORM OF PIETS, RESPECT,

FOR THE VICTIM.

AS A WOMAN AND FRIEND,

SHE COULDN'T STAND TO SEE

THE NUDE, BATTERED BODY

SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR.

AMANDA AND RAFFAELE

THEN RANSACK FILOMENA'S ROOM.

THEY THROW A ROCK

THROUGH THE WINDOW.

A SHOWER OF GLASS LANDS

ON THE CLOTHES ON THE FLOOR.

IT IS AMANDA AND RAFFAELE

WHO STAGED THE BREAK-IN

IN FILOMENA'S ROOM,

BOUGHT BLEACH,

AND THEN SCOURED

THE CRIME SCENE,

ONLY STOPPING:

WHEN THEY WERE INTERRUPTED

BY THE UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL

OF THE POSTAL POLICE.

BUON GIORNO.

MEREDITH KERCHER

WAS A BELOVED YOUNG WOMAN.

HER MOTHER, FATHER...

SISTER, AND TWO BROTHERS

WILL NOW HAVE TO GO

TO THE CEMETERY TO BE NEAR HER.

AMANDA KNOX:

AND RAFFAELE SOLLECITO,

THEY TOOK POOR MEREDITH

FROM THIS WORLD.

YOU MUST GIVE THEM

WHAT THEY DESERVE.

ERGASTOLO!

LIFE IMPRISONMENT!

THE HERMANN HESSE BOOKS

ARE IN GERMAN.

MOM THOUGHT:

IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING

TO READ THEM:

IN THE ORIGINAL?

IT WAS REALLY HARD,

HEARING PEOPLE SAY

THOSE TERRIBLE THINGS IN COURT.

I MEAN,

I TOLD THE TRUTH.

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

I DIDN'T KILL MEREDITH.

THE PROSECUTION WAS JUST TRYING

TO PROVE ITS CASE.

THINGS WILL GET BETTER

ONCE THE DEFENSE

GEARS UP TOMORROW.

WHAT IF IT DOESN'T?

THE POSSIBILITY THAT

I COULD ACTUALLY BE CONVICTED

NEVER SEEMED REAL

UNTIL NOW.

THEY'RE NOT

GOING TO CONVICT YOU.

WE CAN'T LOSE FAITH NOW.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE.

THAT WAS ALL CONJECTURE.

WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS

TO ME?

[ Crying ]

WHY DOES EVERYBODY HATE ME?

Dr. Stefanoni:

WE LOCATED ABUNDANT LEVELS

OF RAFFAELE SOLLECITO'S DNA

ON THE VICTIM'S BRA CLASP.

Bongiorno:

BUT DID YOU FIND SOLLECITO'S DNA

ON THE BODY:

OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE BEDROOM?

NO. JUST ON THE BRA.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IN THIS

ENTIRE BLOODY CRIME SCENE,

SOLLECITO'S DNA WAS ONLY FOUND

IN ONE PLACE -- A BRA CLASP?

YES.

THAT'S CORRECT.

DR. STEFANONI,

COULD YOU PLEASE TELL THE COUR

WHEN THIS BRA CLASP WAS

COLLECTED FROM THE CRIME SCENE?

WE PHOTOGRAPHED IT

ON THE FIRST DAY.

YES. BUT WHEN WAS

IT ACTUALLY COLLECTED?

47 DAYS LATER.

47 DAYS LATER.

SO, IT LAY ON THE FLOOR

FOR SIX WHOLE WEEKS.

IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,

DR. STEFANONI?

OUT IN THE OPEN?

THE CRIME SCENE WAS SEALED.

NONETHELESS,

CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS

WERE TRAIPSING IN AND OUT.

SURELY DNA COULD'VE BEEN

SHUFFLED ABOUT.

NO.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE

OTHER DNA SAMPLE

BELONGING TO RAFFAELE SOLLECITO

IN THE WHOLE COTTAGE.

IT WAS IN THE KITCHEN.

IT WAS ON A CIGARETTE BUTT.

DNA DOESN'T FLY, COUNSELOR.

NO. OF COURSE NOT.

BUT YOU ADMITTED YOU MADE

A MISTAKE COLLECTING EVIDENCE.

PERHAPS YOU MADE MISTAKES

IN YOUR LAB, TOO?

Giordano:

DR. STEFANONI...

...BASED ON THE AMOUN OF BLOOD

AND THE QUANTITY OF INJURIES

SUSTAINED BY MS. KERCHER,

WOULD YOU SAY:

SHE PUT UP A VIOLENT STRUGGLE

TO SAVE HER LIFE?

YES.

DURING THIS VIOLENT STRUGGLE,

RUDY GUEDE'S DNA AND PRINTS

WERE DEPOSITED:

ALL OVER MEREDITH'S BEDROOM.

YET THERE'S NOT ONE FINGERPRINT,

HAIR, SWEAT STAIN,

DROP OF BLOOD, OR CELL OF DNA

BELONGING TO AMANDA KNOX.

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS?

I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS STABBINGS

WHERE NO DNA WAS DEPOSITED.

YOU TESTIFIED EARLIER

THAT YOU FOUND DNA FITTING

THE PROFILE OF MEREDITH KERCHER

ON THE BLADE OF THIS KNIFE,

WHICH WAS CONFISCATED

FROM RAFFAELE'S APARTMENT.

YES. IT'S CORRECT.

HOW MANY TESTS:

DID YOU RUN ON THE DNA?

JUST ONE.

THE SAMPLE:

WAS EXTREMELY LOW LEVEL.

EXTREMELY LOW LEVEL?

[ CHUCKLES ]

IT WAS:

PRACTICALLY NONEXISTENT.

FIVE CELLS, HUH?

ISN'T THAT CORRECT?

YES, IT'S CORRECT.

DR. TORRE...

COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE ME

YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION

REGARDING THE DNA PROFILE

MATCHING MEREDITH KERCHER

WHICH WAS FOUND:

ON THE KNIFE?

THE LOW STRENGTH

OF THE DNA SIGNAL

TELLS ME THAT WE ARE TALKING

ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE CELLS IN ALL.

A GOOD DNA SAMPLE

HAS TWICE AS MANY.

AND WHAT CONCLUSIONS

CAN YOU DRAW FROM THAT, IF ANY?

THE FACT:

THAT THE SAMPLE IS SO SMALL

COULD INDICATE THAT IT DIDN'T

COME FROM THE VICTIM HERSELF,

BUT FROM CONTAMINATION

IN THE LABORATORY.

AFTER HAVING REVIEWED

THE EVIDENCE,

WHAT IS YOUR THEORY

OF THE CRIME?

BASED ON DNA AND FINGERPRINTS

COLLECTED AT THE SCENE,

I BELIEVE RUDY GUEDE

WAS THE SOLE PERPETRATOR

OF THIS CRIME.

EVIDENCE SUGGESTS

HE OVERPOWERED MS. KERCHER...

FORCED HER TO HER KNEES...

STOOD IN FRONT OF HER

LIKE THIS...

AND THEN HE STABBED HER

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