I was at my local coffee shop several times today (it seems to be my home away from home). It is a block away from my home and directly across from UNLV or the University of Nevada Las Vegas. It is always filled with college students.
For the “fun” of it I asked several of them this evening a simple question.
Who is Amanda Knox?
One replied that she thought she was a professional skier and the rest didn’t know.
While this was hardly a scientific sampling of the populous it did raise an interesting question for me. If her own peer group doesn’t know who she is or even why they should who else doesn’t know.
Amanda Knox is the American college student sitting in an Italian prison awaiting trial for the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher.
Meredith Kercher wasn’t just murdered she was butchered like a farm animal and all the evidence circumstantial and forensic points directly at Amanda Knox. Or does it?
Starting off the crime scene was processed so badly it made the O.J.Simpson evidence collection look good in comparison.
The authorities point to the clasp of the bra the victim was wearing as having the DNA of both Amanda and her boyfriend on it. It is my understanding from someone close to the case that not only was that clasp not found for 40 something days but it was cross contaminated with other DNA samples.
I am not a crime scene investigator by any stretch of the imagination but I can tell you it doesn’t take 40 something days to process one small bedroom and it doesn’t take that that long to find the clasp of a bra. It’s just common sense.
To make matters worse Amanda has become to the Italian media what Casey Anthony is to our own and worse.
Before ever seeing a jury there was a book on her sex life that was released and is a national best seller.
The problem with that book is twofold.
One Amanda had no part in its writing so nothing in it can be verified as true, let alone even in the same neighborhood as true.
Yet the people of Italy think it is true and that brings up the other problem. The prosecutors are claiming Meredith’s murder was a sex game gone wrong. No one can say what that game was or just who was playing it but the game went wrong and that’s why Meredith Kercher was killed.
Now Amanda “the sex crazed killer” is known all over Italy by the name taken off her Myspace page Foxy Knoxy. It is absolutely true by the way she was called that here at home. It was a nickname given to her by friends on her soccer team that describes her style of playing soccer.
There is widespread talk of her Marijuana use and drinking. If you go to Youtube you can find a video of a very drunk Amanda recorded with her friends. You know what this proves? That she is like almost every other college student her age.
I live a block away from a college and there are three college bars within walking distance of my home and they are packed every night. So this doesn’t make her unique.
What fails to be mentioned is how she has been an Honor Roll student all her academic career right into college.
What also fails to be mentioned is how the Italian Police have who many in the know believe to be the real killer in custody yet persist in their prosecution of Amanda.
This week on Point Blank the talk show I co-host we will be introducing you to the real Amanda Knox. We will be presenting a program that is dedicated to you getting to know the girl behind the stories.
Why should you give a damn about Amanda Knox?
Because if you ever take a vacation out of the United States you could be sitting in a foreign prison for over a year waiting to prove your innocence in a system of justice that does not afford you anywhere near the same rights and privileges ours here at home does, and that is the true meaning of being a stranger in a strange land.
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I think you should talk to more people. I watched the story about Amanda Knox on 20/20, and it was the most pathetic form of journalism I ever saw. Forensic evidence does not get evaluated in 24 hours like people believe it does on tv shows. It takes a very long time, due to bureaucracy. I think she is guilty, based on the psychological evidence I saw. My investigative eye is due however to American journalism, and what they did not say. I trust the Italians know what they are doing. It is arrogant to assume we know different because we are American, and we trusted our American friends to tell us what they know, because they are close to the case. Unless you have been in contact with the Italian authorities, or someone who has closely been involved in the investigation of this case, you nor I know anything. We can only assume.
ReplyDeleteWell Jeannine You have some good points I will give that. It raises the question was she doped unwillingly. her behavior at the police is bizarre at best which leads me think so.
ReplyDeleteI am not condemning the Italian forensic people I am saying I have no idea just how good they are.
As for the processing of evidence I assume you are talking about the bra clasp. 40 something days wasn't the time to process it, it was the time it took them to discover it. It literately sat on the floor for over a month before it was seen. That is just shoddy investigation in any language.
As for me being in contact with someone close to the case I think you will be surprised who joins me on our show when we cover it.
Thank you for your comments.
I'll check it out today thx
ReplyDeleteThere is one simple reason that I believe that Amanda and her boyfriend are both guilty of some involvement in this crime: they were at the apartment the next morning with a bucket of bleach. Please explain away her guilt under this "circumstance."
ReplyDeleteHonestly I was not aware of this. I will dig a little deeper and get back to you on this. If this is true it casts a whole new light on the situation.
ReplyDeleteHere's a great timeline with some of the info included:
ReplyDeletehttp://perugiamurderfile.freeforums.org/comprehensive-timeline-primary-t2.html
I will check that out today. Thanks for the link.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm wrong you will be seeing a full retraction.
Here is another link that mentions the postale police arriving to find Amanda and Raffaele outside cottage with bucket and mop:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.zimbio.com/Amanda+Knox/articles/58/Understanding+Micheli+2+Judge+Micheli+Rejected
Within text of this website, it is mentioned:
On their arrival at the cottage, the agents of the postal police found Raffaele Sollecito and Amanda Knox standing outside the front door with a mop and bucket.
Look up "harry rag" and "amanda knox" in google. It will be very revealing to you. PS, there was no bucket of bleach--that is absoluetly fabricated.
ReplyDeleteI will look up Harry Rag thank you and as for the bleach it was revealed to me today by someone who would absoluetly know you are correct- it was fabricated.
ReplyDeleteThat is one of the major problems with this case. The media has printed half truths and untruths and people have taken them as gospel. The true facts just don't make as exciting a story.
Thx for your comment.
Thank you Average Guy. One blog I suggest is perugia-shock.blogspot.com. The blogger is based in Italy and has been following the case since the beginning. He has also been in court every day, so it's a unique perspective you won't find in the newspapers. Ironically, if you read his earlier entries, that blogger seemed to think Amanda Knox was guilty too, but has since changed his mind. I look forward to reading more of your blog.
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Thank you Karl I will read it.
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