It's been called the trial of the century in Italy.
American college student Amanda Knox
stands accused of killing her roommate
in a bizarre sex game gone wrong.
Is she the victim of a justice system, a town,
and an Italian media that was stacked against her?
Regardless of the verdict,
Knox's life will never be the same.
Buon giorno.
We are looking for Meredith Kercher.
Meredith lives here,
but she's, uh... she's not here right now.
I am Raffaele Sollecito.
And this is Amanda Knox.
Una studentessa americana.
She lives here with Meredith.
There are four of US all together.
Bene. We found signora Kercher's cellphone
this morning outside a house on via sperandio.
We thought maybe it was stolen and dumped.
Well, I've called Meredith a few times this morning.
She didn't answer. I guess that's why.
This is starting to freak me out a little bit.
What do you mean?
Well, when I came home this morning,
I noticed that the front door was open.
And then I went upstairs,
and there was a broken window in one of the bedrooms
and several drops of blood on the floor in the bathroom.
So, Amanda ran back to my place and got me.
We were just up there,
and it looks like someone broke in.
Did you call the police?
I thought you were the police.
We're the polizia postale.
We investigate stolen computers, credit cards, and cellphones.
Uh, we called the emergency number,
the 112, a few minutes ago,
and the carabinieri said they would send someone.
While we're waiting, though,
maybe can you come inside and take a look.
I'm scared to go in there again.
Sure.
The bathroom is this way.
When I went to take a shower this morning,
I noticed there were some drops of blood.
I thought maybe somebody cut themselves.
Hello?
Oh, that's filomena, my other roommate.
What's going on?
Someone broke your window.
My god.
Anything missing?
My laptop and my jewelry... everything is here.
Where's Meredith?
I don't know. Her door is locked.
We knocked a few times, but there was no answer.
Meredith never locks her door.
Meredith.
Meredith!
Apra la porta!
Um, I would like to report a break-in.
Apra la porta!
Hello?
Mom, someone broke in to our house.
What? Are you all right?
They're breaking down Meredith's door right now.
W-Why?
Try again.
Amanda? Amanda, talk to me.
UN piede. UN piede.
Oh, my god, there's a foot.
They said something about a foot. I don't understand the rest.
A foot? What do you mean, a foot?
My god. I don't know if it's a foot or it's a whole body.
Everybody out!
Via! Immediatamente! Via!
What was that all about?
My god! That was Amanda.
She said something about a... about a break-in.
We're here in perugia,
where news is coming in
on the murder of a young British student.
As you can see behind me,
the house is being investigated by the police at the moment,
with forensics teams still working.
Although the authorities have yet to make a formal statement,
we're expecting them to do so shortly.
More news as we have it.
This is unreal.
I can't believe this is actually happening.
I know.
# I see that I'm not... #
Buona giornata.
Buona giornata, signore.
That's Italian for "have a nice day, sir."
Yeah, whatever.
# Let's try to make it last #
Hey.
Um, can I get a decaf soy cappuccino
and an iced latte macchiato?
A decaf soy cappuccino and an iced macchiato.
Dude, foxy, I can't believe that you're ditching US this year.
What is that team gonna do without you?
We need foxy knoxy!
I'm sure you'll survive.
You'll find a way.
But what about d.J.?
I mean, is he gonna come and, you know,
"hang out" with you in perugia?
Um, actually we're taking a little bit of a break.
He's gonna be in China for the year.
I'm gonna be in Italy.
I just doesn't make much sense to be tied down.
I'm gonna be here forever, serving cake.
I hate you.
You'll love me when I bring you back some perugian chocolate.
Hey, make it some Italian men, and we'll call it a deal.
Deal. Italian men coming right up.
Oh, my god!
- What are you doing? - Hello!
Aw, I love you!
- Ooh, I love you, too, sweetheart. - Hi, dad.
Hi. How's my world traveler, hmm?
I'm good. How are you?
Already missing you.
I love you tons. Tons and tons and tons.
Okay, now, how do you feel about leaving Seattle?
I love Seattle,
and I love the university of Washington.
But it'll be really awesome
to be somewhere totally new and different.
Okay, mom, your turn.
Aaah! No! No! Come on, baby.
Amanda... We're all so proud of you
for all you had to accomplish to make this trip possible.
We're gonna miss you.
Aw, no!
It won't be the same around here without you.
It's only 10 months. I'll be back. I know.
10 months is a long time.
You all set?
Got your passport? Euros? Pepper spray?
Yes, I'm all set.
What is this, "the stepfather's guide to Europe"?
You should write a book.
Toast, everybody. Toast.
Grab a glass. Here we go.
Travel safe and come back soon, honey.
It's great you could get over here so soon.
How's your jet lag?
Tired? I'll survive.
This is the town square. It's hook-up central.
And this is palazzo dei priori.
It's got some beautiful 13th-century frescoes,
if you want to check it out.
You can drink out in the open here?
In Italy, they say
everything's illegal and nothing's forbidden.
See these guys? Uh-huh.
They're dealing.
Mostly hash and weed.
This place is awesome! I want to study here.
Well, we can go to some bars after dinner,
but you cannot tell mom anything.
There's a place down here that posts classifieds.
Maybe I can find an apartment. We should look.
Hey. Ciao.
You slut!
Aw, come on.
It's Italy, dude. Get with the times.
They're cute.
Hmm. Come on. I'll share.
Oh, scusi mi.
I'm Amanda. I'm a student here.
Is this your flyer of the I'appartamento?
Yes. We are three women.
We have an extra bedroom. It's very near here.
And it's 300 Euros a month.
It's perfect. When can I see it?
Eccoci qua.
So...
This is your bedroom.
It's small. No, it's nice.
It's cute. I like it.
And you share the bathroom with a girl named Meredith.
An English girl. A British roommate, very cool.
Oh, my god. It's perfect!
I love it.
Would it be possible for you to give US a one-month deposit?
Yes. No problem.
I'll get the lease. You can sign it now. Good.
I hear you're American. I am.
Meredith. Nice to meet you.
Ciao.
I'm Amanda.
Are you studying here?
European politics and Italian.
Very cool. I just, uh...
I'm starting at università per stranieri in September.
Right down the street. Ace.
Ace?
You know, "ace"? Brilliant, fantastic.
Don't you use that word?
Well, not like that, but it's good. I'll start.
I have to go.
Now?
Yeah. My humanities test is tomorrow.
Oh, but I thought we could grab a drink after at Merlin's.
Another time, okay?
Raffaele.
Amanda. Buona sera.
I come from Bari. It's down south.
On the coast of the adriatic. Yes, I know.
Brava. You know European geography.
Not all Americans are ignorant slugs. Come on.
I, uh... I grew up in Seattle. Let's see how you do.
Um, Seattle. It's a city.
Uh-huh.
In Washington state.
Okay.
And... It's home of Microsoft.
Most people say, uh...
Home of "Grey's Anatomy" and birthplace of Kurt cobain.
And you say Microsoft.
I'm studying computer engineering.
What do you expect?
I actually think it's very charming.
Are... you... hungry...
For a big...
Fat...
Chocolate strawberry?
# ...to make it do #
# Maybe there's something to make it true #
# A little more goes such a long way #
# You know I want a little more #
# Love from you #
# Love, you do me right #
# You know you got to hear me say #
# Your love for me #
# You've got to do it right, yeah #
This Risotto recipe... it's from my mother.
She used to make it every Friday night before she died.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Oh, that's okay. It was, um...
a long time ago.
"Blood: The last of the vampires."
That's one of my mangas.
It's Japanese comics. I collect them. Like art.
Very cool.
So, is your dad still around?
No.
He lives in Bari.
He's a doctor.
Molto importante.
My dad's a vice president for Macy's stores... Mm-hmm.
And my mom teaches math.
They split when I was really little, though, so...
My parents were divorced, too.
But, um, back then, it wasn't so... accepted.
Hmm.
And...
Kids teased me a lot at school.
Here. Grazie.
Oh, this looks really good.
I was made fun of in school, too.
You?
Mm-hmm.
For what?
Well, I played a lot of sports,
and I didn't have a boyfriend till junior year,
so they thought that I was a lesbian.
You... don't kiss like a lesbian.
No?
Maybe you should try again.
# ...to get you back in #
# My heart #
# I'm all to you #
# Back to the start #
I really like the Italian lifestyle.
Everything shuts down in the middle of the day.
Life really isn't about going to work and making money.
It's about who you are and what you choose to do
and who you choose to spend your time with.
This is actually one of the happiest times in my life.
You can't catch me!
Oh.
Hey, magnifico!
You are uno spirito libero, Amanda.
You live your life like a dream.
But it is a dream.
And I don't ever want to wake up.
The chocolate festival was awesome.
Are you gonna go? Maybe.
Maybe? I thought you were mad about chocolate.
There's something I want to talk to you about.
I just don't want it turning into a big thing.
Okay.
I think you could be doing a more around the flat, cleaning and things.
I do clean.
When? Every time I go into the bathroom,
your stuff is all over the place. It's a sty.
And you leave your dishes piled in the sink.
Okay, stop.
I'm sorry.
Well, why didn't you tell me it bothered you before?
I shouldn't have to tell you. It should be obvious.
Hey! My two queens!
What's up? What's up?
The sky. The sky.
Look, I'll try harder. Okay?
Okay.
Are we cool?
We're cool.
Ace!
Hey, I met a guy.
Oh, really? Yeah.
He looks exactly like Harry Potter.
He's quiet and he's supersmart.
Oh, my gosh. His apartment?
I think his dad's really wealthy.
Hmm. Does he work?
He's studying computer engineering at the university,
but he, uh... he's not a geek.
He's not like that.
So, you've barely been here two months,
and you've already got yourself a posh Italian boyfriend?
Yeah. I think I do.
We're from totally different cultures,
but we have so much in common.
It's...
It's like... destiny.
Destiny? Yeah.
Hmm, I like the sound of that.
Respect.
21-year-old British exchange student Meredith Kercher
was found brutally stabbed to death
in her apartment in perugia earlier today.
By all accounts, Meredith...
or "mez," as she was called by her family and friends...
was a good student, a good person,
and a good friend.
Like thousands of other students,
Kercher set off on a year's adventure studying abroad.
Sadly, she will not be returning home.
This is Nigel fox, perugia.
Prosecutor mignini.
What do we have so far?
The glass in the back window is broken.
It's the bedroom of filomena romanelli,
a roommate of the victim.
That's how they got in?
We think the break-in could've been staged.
Let's take a look.
Prosecutor, this way.
The glass is on top of the clothes.
Which means the window must've been broken
after the room was ransacked.
Prosecutor mignini.
Poor child.
We found Ms. Kercher in a pool of blood.
She was covered by this quilt.
Her throat was slashed.
Based on the blood trajectory,
she was kneeling in front of the wardrobe
when she was stabbed.
Whoever did this must've been covered in blood.
How'd the killer leave
without tracking bloody footprints everywhere?
Well, we did find a couple of visible footprints.
And we also raised five or six latents with luminol.
So, someone tried to clean up afterwards.
Not the m.O. Of your typical petty thief or rapist.
I think we could be looking at something more sinister here.
In the meantime,
I want to talk to Kercher's roommates and everyone who knew her.
There is a place down here that has great scamorza.
What's that?
It's, um, seasoned and smoked cheese.
Sounds good. Let's go.
Wait. One sec. Sorry.
Hold on.
- Hi, mom. - Where are you?
I'm on a walk with Raffaele.
I think you should come home.
Mom, I've got to finish school.
Well, listen, sweetie, I know how important your studies are to you,
the year abroad,
but we'll deal with all that later.
I-I just...
I just think it's right to come home.
You've been through enough.
Mom, I'm fine. Really, seriously.
I'm okay. You don't sound okay.
I'm staying with Raffaele, and I can buy new clothes. It's really not a big deal.
Damn it, Amanda!
I want you to come home now.
Mom! That's not gonna happen.
Okay? I'm a big girl.
I get to make these decisions now.
Hold on.
The police want to talk with US.
Okay.
Mom, I have to go down to the precinct.
All right? We'll talk about this later.
I love you. Bye.
Everything's happening so fast.
I can't think.
It's like a nightmare.
You're in shock.
Amanda Knox?
I guess it's my turn.
Prego.
I woke up at my boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito's, apartment,
where I'd slept the night before.
And around 10:30,
I went back to my house to take a shower.
Was there not a shower at Sollecito's house?
Yeah, but it's... it's small.
Plus, all my clothes are at my house.
But when I got there,
I noticed that the front door was... was open.
But sometimes the lock on the door doesn't catch,
so I just went in anyway.
And, uh...
Then when I went upstairs to take a shower,
I noticed that there were some drops of blood on the floor.
You know?
Um, a bloodstain on the bath mat and another one on the sink.
You're very brave.
You found the door open, blood in the bathroom.
Despite all this you had a shower?
Well...
I mean, the truth is I thought it was menstrual blood
or somebody cut themselves.
I mean, I definitely didn't think somebody had been murdered.
And what happened
when you went back to Amanda's place with her?
We looked around, and I got concerned,
so I called my sister who works for the police.
And she told me to call the 112.
Um... after I did,
we went outside and waited for them.
Thank you both.
I know this is a very difficult time.
We just want you to catch whoever did this to Meredith.
You have my promise.
Where do you want to go?
I don't know.
My house is officially a crime scene,
so I guess that's out.
Well, you can stay at my place if you want.
Thank you.
At least now I have some clean underwear.
Wait. Does that mean you're not wearing any right now?
Maybe.
Maybe not.
What's going on?
It's a memorial.
To Meredith.
She looks happy.
Hey. You remember I told you
I was looking for a part-time job?
You got one?
Not yet, but there's an opening down at le chic,
and I was gonna go check it out.
Do you want to come with me?
Please?
Moral support?
Fine!
Ace!
Yeah, I bet.
I really want this job.
Are you sure I look sexy enough?
Yes. Come on.
Vin santo, pressed from local malvasia grapes.
Grazie.
I used to make mojitos with that vodka back in London.
Vodka mojitos?
Mmm. They're amazing.
You want to try one? Sure.
I need a waitress two nights a week.
Do you have any work experience?
Uh, yeah.
While I was going to college, I worked part-time at a cafe,
in a sports bar, and an art gallery.
The pay at le chic is 50 Euros a week plus tips.
Want to think it over?
No. No, I'll take it.
Here you go.
It's fantastic.
Wow!
I don't even miss the rum.
Maybe you could come in once a week and bartend?
We could do "Meredith's mojito night."
Well, good luck getting her away from the books.
It's not easy.
My course load is a little insane right now.
But maybe in the spring.
Deal.
What are you thinking?
I'm thinking that I hope this is all over soon.
I mean, this time last year, all I worried about was...
Midterms and pulling a good shift at my job.
Now my roommate's dead...
and I'm in the middle of a murder investigation.
Life's just so random, you know?
We're gonna get through this.
We've got each other.
I found over 40 bruises and cuts on Kercher's body,
in addition to multiple stab wounds.
Most of the cuts were superficial jabs,
almost as if someone were toying with her
before killing her.
According to her family, she was a strong girl.
She would've fought for her life.
Bruising indicates someone held her down
and choked her before she was fatally stabbed.
How could a single person inflict this much damage?
There had to be more than one attacker.
Was she raped?
It could've been rape,
or it could've been rough consensual sex.
It's impossible to determine which.
So... Someone had sex with her
and then tried to strangle her.
And when that didn't work, they slit her throat.
The fatal wound...
Severed her thyroid artery.
Do you have time of death?
Between 9:30 and 11:30 P.M.
But there is something else.
Forensic evidence indicates that several hours after death,
Kercher's bra was cut off
and her body was moved.
What kind of killer returns to the crime scene...
Cleans up... Stages a break-in...
And moves the body?
Of Meredith's last 24 hours.
Do you remember the last time you saw her?
Uh, yeah.
Yeah, the day that she died.
Um... it was around noon.
I was sitting in the living room playing guitar.
Hey.
Oh, I'm completely exhausted.
I didn't get in till 5:30 this morning.
You've got a little something on your face.
Fake blood.
I was a vampire for Halloween.
And she left about a half an hour later.
Yelled "goodbye" on her way out,
and that's the last time I saw her.
And what did you and Raffaele do?
We... went into my bedroom and, uh...
Amanda...
Detective navarra and I have been around.
There's no need to be embarrassed.
Okay. Uh, we smoked a joint.
And, um...
Around 5:00 we went back to his house
and watched a movie on the Internet.
And after that?
I thought this was about Meredith.
We're asking these questions to everybody.
And because you were so close to Meredith,
your memories are especially important.
Per favore.
Okay. We, um...
We smoked another joint.
And...
Had sex and went to bed.
Bene.
What time did you wake up?
Uh, around 10:00 A.M.
I went back to my house,
and I've told you all of this already.
Police business is very boring.
It's, uh...
It's all paperwork and questions.
Over and over.
Would you mind going back to the cottage with me?
I promise to come up with some new questions.
Yeah. Sure.
The four boys who live downstairs.
How well do you know them?
Pretty well. We were all friends.
Was Meredith sexually active with any of them?
Yeah. Uh, she was seeing giacomo silenzi.
He's a really, really nice guy.
Mm.
Does he have a key to the upstairs?
No, I don't... I don't think so.
They'd only been seeing each other for a few weeks.
I only ask because we think whoever murdered Meredith
used a key to get in.
I thought they broke in through filomena's window.
We suspect the break-in was, um, you know,
staged after the fact, to throw US off, you know?
Come. I need your help.
Do you notice any knives missing, Ms. Knox?
Amanda, what's wrong?
Amanda.
Amanda, put your coat over your head.
Why? Paparazzi.
All right. Come on.
Prosecutor!
Prosecutor, is it true that Meredith was raped?
Have there been any new leads?
Any new developments you can share?
Yes. Yes, we do. We're working on them now.
Excuse me. That's it. Thank you so much.
Thank you. Thanks.
That's it. No more.
I just got off the phone with Amanda.
She said the police took her back to the crime scene today.
Said it was terribly upsetting.
Don't they have any other witnesses?
Amanda said they're talking to everyone who knew Meredith.
It must be so traumatic to have to keep reliving it
every single day.
She said they questioned her every single day this week.
Amanda's a smart kid. She can handle it.
She's in a foreign country, Chris.
Dealing with foreign police in a foreign language.
Yeah.
I'm gonna leave tomorrow.
I don't want her dealing with this another day
by herself.
We found this partial
next to Meredith's body.
It's a men's Nike athletic shoe set in Meredith's blood.
This bloody footprint was on the mat in the bathroom.
Also male.
The lab is analyzing it
for specific class characteristics.
Size-wise it's compatible with Raffaele Sollecito.
What about the luminoled footprints
you found in the hallway?
Are they compatible with Sollecito?
Mm, too small.
They're between a size 36, maybe 38.
Amanda Knox is a size 37.
Was there anything unusual about Amanda's behavior
after Meredith's body was found?
When we were in the squad room waiting to be questioned,
Amanda was acting very strange.
Everybody noticed it.
Strange in what way?
Meredith's English friends and I were...
A complete... mess.
We were all...
Crying and hugging each other.
Amanda and Raffaele were fooling around,
acting like nothing had happened.
They were completely detached.
Did Amanda say anything at all about the crime?
I said I hoped Meredith hadn't suffered.
And she turned to me and said...
Of course she did.
She died a terrible, slow death with her throat slit.
You're sure?
She said Meredith's throat was "slit."
Positive.
Amanda and Raffaele were in the kitchen
when the door was broken down.
Is there any way
she could've caught a glimpse of the neck wound?
Maybe on her way out?
Meredith's body was covered by a quilt.
Only her hair and her foot were visible.
And there is more.
The owner of quinto's supply store came in today.
He told me that a young woman
with piercing blue eyes and a pale complexion
came into his store
at 7:45 the morning after Meredith had been murdered
and bought household cleaning supplies.
He thinks it was Amanda?
He identified her in a photo array.
How about going down to Bari this weekend?
You could meet my father.
Wow. You move fast.
Yeah, well, it would be a relief
to get away from all this police questioning.
Well...
We have nothing to hide, right?
Mm-hmm.
I think my father would like you.
Has he liked your other girlfriends?
You are my first real girlfriend, Amanda.
No, I'm not. Stop it.
No, I'm serious. It's true.
Well..
Hmm. Oh.
The police.
Pronto.
They want me over there in 30 minutes.
Do they want to talk to me?
Just me.
We looked into your background.
You have a long history with narcotics, correct?
Mm...
I have taken... Some drugs.
But now I... Mainly just smoke weed.
Is it also true that you always carry a knife with you?
I've collected knives since I was... 14?
It's a hobby.
What, like lying?
What's that supposed to mean?
These records show that both you and Amanda
turned off your mobile phones
at 8:00 P.M. on the night of the murder
and turned them on again at 6:00 the next morning.
So, maybe I turned my phone on earlier?
What's the big deal?
You told US you and Amanda slept until 10:00 A.M. on November the 2nd.
Were you sleepwalking?
Maybe I forgot?
You forgot.
When the postal police arrived at the cottage,
you told them you'd already called 112.
There is no record of such a call.
I did call 112.
Yes, you did, but you made that call
10 minutes after they arrived, not before!
I'm...
I'm done here.
Listen, you spoiled brat!
We're not dealing with a parking ticket here, okay?
A girl has been murdered.
If you don't start talking,
not even your daddy will be able to dig you out.
Yes.
Is that clear?!
Yes!
Good.
I'm listening.
I told you a lot of rubbish in my earlier statements.
Mm-hmm.
Amanda convinced me of her version,
and I...
I just wanted to protect her.
But I didn't think about the contradictions.
Amanda, per favore.
This is not the time or place for gymnastics.
Sorry, I was just trying to relieve some stress.
Just sit down, please.
Did you stay with Amanda all night, Raffaele?
That's what we really want to know.
We were at my apartment early in the evening.
But around 9:00, she went out.
She was meeting up with some friends in this bar, le chic.
And I stayed home.
What time did she come back?
Not until 1:00 in the morning.
I have no idea where she was all night.
Should any of our questions be unclear.
Where's Raffaele?
We are interested in a text you got from Patrick Lumumba,
your boss at le chic, on the night of the murder.
Yeah, he told me that I didn't have to come in to work.
Wait. How do you know about my text messages?
Can you read your response to him?
Yeah.
Um... My Italian's not perfect,
but it says, uh...
"Ci vediamo piu tardi."
In Italian, that phrase suggests a fixed appointment.
In English, I think it just means, "see you around."
Were you arranging to meet him that night?
No. No.
Not at all.
It's almost 1:00 in the morning. Can I go?
I'm afraid that won't be possible.
You have to start again! Okay?!
We cannot do it tomorrow. We have to do it now.
You said that already!
I know!
You had to stay here all night or what?!
I tell you the same story!
I don't know what you want me to tell you!
Once I realized I didn't have to go to work...
Raffaele and I had dinner.
We made love,
and then we watched a movie on his computer.
How many times do I have to go over this?
Until your story adds up.
What is that supposed to mean?
It means that Raffaele Sollecito
is no longer corroborating your alibi.
He stated you left his house
at 9:00 on the night of the murder
and didn't return home until 1:00 A.M.!
What?
That's... that's... that's not true!
Just who are you trying to protect, Amanda?!
Is it Mr. Lumumba?
No, I... it's not true! Amanda, Amanda...
I know you want to tell US the truth.
I can see it in your eyes.
I don't want you to take the fall for someone else.
It's just that things from that night,
the memories are hazy.
Young lady! I-I don't remember!
I don't...
if you're lying, you could get 30 years in jail
and never see your family again.
For what?! For what?! I didn't do anything!
I didn't do it! Amanda? Amanda?
If you cooperate with US now, it will be much better for you.
I'm scared.
It's okay. It's okay.
The truth will come out, you know?
One way or another.
Sometimes, the mind blocks out trauma.
Use your imagination.
Think about... What could've happened.
You called Patrick Lumumba.
You were going to see him.
And then?
I'm af... I'm afraid.
It's... it's okay. It's okay.
Just try to remember.
Uh...
I did meet up with Patrick that night.
Around 9:00 P.M., we went back to my house.
Patrick and Meredith went in Meredith's room
while I stayed in the kitchen.
I can't remember how long they were in there. It just...
at one point, I heard Meredith screaming.
I was so scared.
And I-I can't remember anything after that.
It's... my head... it's all... it's fuzzy.
I just... I need some sleep.
Please, can I go home?
Amanda, I'm glad you remembered.
But the law now requires me to do two things.
You have become a suspect as an accomplice to murder,
and you'll have to tell the prosecutor what you just told me.
No.
Are you ready to do that?
Track down Lumumba.
Get him in here now.
You're lucky you're not in america, Mr. Lumumba.
You'd be electrocuted for your crime.
What crime?!
I have no idea what you're talking about!
You think I killed Meredith?
We have a written statement from Amanda Knox.
In it, she accuses you
of raping and murdering Meredith Kercher.
She's lying!
I have seven sisters, man.
There's no way I could hurt a woman!
Seven sisters.
Detective alicastro, that's a compelling defense.
I think we've made a horrible mistake here.
This man has seven sisters.
He couldn't possibly have raped and brutally slaughtered
an innocent, young woman.
Listen to me!
I was at my bar all night!
I barely knew Meredith,
and I've certainly never been to her flat!
Really?
In her statement, she says she was there with you that night.
What possible reason could she have
to implicate you and herself at the same time?
Do you speak English? English?
Thank you. Uh, sorry. Just a minute.
Hi. Chris, I'm finally here.
The police just arrested Amanda for Meredith's murder.
What?
Look, it's gonna be okay, honey.
Just go to the mayor's office, okay?
How can they possibly arrest her?
I know you want answers, but right now we have none.
Well, my ex-husband, who's Amanda's father,
is going to be here on Friday,
and he is contacting the American embassy.
The mayor has spoken to a criminal attorney,
Lorenzo Giordano.
He's very good, very experienced,
and he knows everyone.
Well, there's a possibility
that she won't even need a lawyer.
Right? I mean, once this whole thing is straightened out?
Right? I mean, Amanda is...
s-she's only 20 years old.
She's an honor student.
She's...
she's kind, and she's gentle.
And there is no way she could be involved in something like this!
It's a horrible mistake!
Can I call my mom?
Piu tardi.
Are you all right?
Prego.
I'm just confused. This is like a nightmare.
What happened?
I don't know.
All I know is that Meredith was my friend,
and I didn't kill her.
Amanda, we know that. But why did they arrest you?
Because Raffaele lied.
He said that I wasn't with him the night of the murder,
and I don't know why.
He's always been so nice to me.
Maybe he wanted to disassociate himself from me.
He was scared. I don't...
shh. Honey, honey, slow down.
What happened with the police?
They interrogated me for 13 hours.
They threatened me.
They called me a liar. They hit me.
They hit you?
Yes, they smacked me on the back of the head.
And I was so scared, I finally told them that...
Maybe I was at the house with Patrick
the night that Meredith was killed.
But it was more like a vision. It wasn't reality.
I just wanted them to stop questioning me.
Look. We're meeting with an attorney.
He'll get to the bottom of this.
Okay.
Prego.
Don't go. Please don't leave me in here.
I don't want to be here.
Amanda.
No.
Come on.
Come here. Come here.
Mommy.
We're gonna get you out.
I promise. I promise, okay?
We'll get you out.
We'll get you out of here.
I promise.
Not only is there not a shred of forensic evidence
placing Patrick Lumumba at the crime scene,
but a witness just stepped forward, confirming his alibi.
How is that possible?
Because Amanda lied.
How could she remain silent
while I put an innocent man behind bars
based on her statement?
She co... she thinks we're a bunch of inept fools!
She could be protecting somebody else.
We lifted a fingerprint in Meredith's bedroom
that did not belong to Patrick nor Amanda nor Raffaele.
When I ran it through the database,
I got a hit to Rudy guede.
Who the hell is Rudy guede?
He immigrated here as a child from the Ivory Coast.
Since then, he's only had a few skirmishes with the law.
The only problem is, nobody knows where is now.
We'll find him.
Buon giorno, dottore.
They said that you wanted to see me?
Is everything okay?
The results of your blood tests.
Sit down.
I'm sorry,
but they show the presence of the h.I.V. Virus.
Aids?
You can't be serious.
Being h.I.V.-Positive
doesn't necessarily mean you have aids.
No, no, no, no. That's not... that's not possible.
How... where would I have gotten it from?
No, I want to get married.
I want to have children.
I want to grow old.
I will take another sample just to make sure.
In the meantime,
we need a list of all the men you had sex with.
What?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
You having a party without US?
What's going on?
Where have you been hiding these two Bella ragazza?
We live upstairs. I'm Meredith.
Rudy.
# Meredith's friend #
# Meredith's friend # yeah.
# Meredith's friend, Meredith's friend # yeah. Yeah.
# Wanna get high? Wanna get high? # yeah. Yeah.
You'll be happy to know
that Rudy guede is now in Italian custody.
Good. Have they questioned him yet?
Briefly.
He said he had consensual sex with Meredith
and then he went to the bathroom.
When he came back,
he saw a strange man with a bloody knife
standing over Meredith.
He also told police that Amanda wasn't involved.
Thank god.
Okay. So, when do they release her?
Mr. Lumumba,
why do you think Amanda Knox falsely incriminated you?
I don't really know.
But I don't think she's evil.
To be evil, you have to have a soul.
Amanda doesn't.
She's empty, dead inside.
We have the official results
on your h.I.V. Test.
Negativo.
Negative?
Mm-hmm.
Are you sure it's negative?
Well, they retested the sample three times.
Well, how can this happen?
You said that before I was positive.
Well, it was a false positive.
It happens sometimes.
Sometimes?
Sometimes?! This is my life that you're talking about.
I mean, are you trying to make me lose my mind?!
Is that what you're trying to do?!
Scusi? No, don't touch me!
You're sick!
This whole country, the police, the press...
you're all sick!
It's been weeks and weeks.
They already have the man who did this.
Why is my daughter still in jail?
There are some complications.
What do you mean, complications?
Based on the autopsy results,
the prosecution believes guede did not act alone.
They think he had accomplices.
But Rudy already said that they weren't there.
He's changed his story.
He says he met up with Meredith at a Halloween party.
He's now claiming that Amanda and Raffaele
were at the cottage on the night of the murder.
She invited him over the next night for a date.
While they were kissing,
Rudy suddenly got stomach cramps.
He was on the toilet listening to his iPod
when he heard a loud scream.
He came out to find a man he describes as Raffaele
with a bloody knife.
Meredith?
Meredith! No!
Meredith! Oh, dear!
He tried to save Meredith but couldn't.
Then he looked out the window
and saw a woman he described as Amanda.
His story is absolutely ludicrous.
He's only trying to save his own skin.
He raped that girl, and then he killed her.
I mean, how can mignini believe
the word of this drug dealer over my daughter?
The case is still under investigation.
There's still a long way to go.
Excuse me, Mr. Giordano. I mean, no offense.
But this system that you have over here
is absolutely insane.
How long?
Well, apparently, the judges...
more than a dozen judges have to review the evidence
before they decide if the prosecution even has a case.
And at any point along the way,
the whole thing could be thrown out.
Mom, how long?
How long?
All in all, it could take up to a year.
A year? Mm-hmm.
Mom, I've been in here for two months already.
I should be back in college.
I should be back in Seattle and moving on with my life,
not sitting here rotting in an Italian jail
for something that I didn't do.
I know, honey, but...
They've got their own system here,
and we may not agree with it.
We may not even understand it,
but... we have to trust them to do the right thing.
We're gonna get through this, Amanda.
You are our child.
And your father and I will do everything we can
to see you through this.
Everything and anything. Okay?
Do you understand?
Yeah.
All over the victim's bedroom.
It was also on her bra, her handbag,
her shirt, and inside her body.
We identified Amanda's DNA mixed with Meredith's blood
in five locations in the flat.
This blood smear on the bathroom faucet
contained Meredith's blood mixed with Amanda's blood.
This is the knife we confiscated
from Raffaele's kitchen drawer.
And we identified Amanda's DNA on the handle
and Meredith's DNA on the tip of the blade.
So Amanda put the knife to Meredith's throat,
keeping her under control.
Raffaele held her down while Rudy raped her.
Meredith fought back.
Amanda plunged the knife into her neck, killing her.
This is a plausible theory.
The only problem is that
the levels of Meredith's DNA on the knife were extremely low.
How low? Less than five cells.
You might not have
what the Americans call a smoking gun,
but if you add all the evidence together,
I think you have everything you need to convict them all.
Anything to say at all?
Forensic results have confirmed
that the three people responsible
for this unspeakable orgy of death
are Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito,
and Rudy guede.
Do you have a motive?
The victim was sexually assaulted,
which leads US to believe
that it started as some sort of sex game.
How could this young girl commit such a violent crime?
Well, under the angel face exists a very disturbed girl.
Amanda lies without conscience.
She does cartwheels and buys lingerie
while her roommate lies dead in the morgue.
She has no trace of empathy for Meredith or anyone else.
I believe she's capable of anything,
including murder.
Grazie.
Amanda is a hard-working, athletic honor student...
not this sex-crazed foxy knoxy character they've concocted.
The papers are calling her a diabolical Vixen.
It's... it's a total, absolute fabrication.
Trial by media. It can get pretty vicious.
I mean, this photo here...
this was taken at a museum in Germany
while Amanda was visiting her aunt.
Her aunt. And where's the other one?
"Foxy knoxy"?
This is a childhood nickname that she had
from playing soccer when she was 8 years old.
What kid doesn't?
"Foxy knoxy details her many lovers in Italy"?
The prison doctor told Amanda she had aids.
He asked her to make a list of her sexual partners,
and when she complied... let me guess.
The list was somehow leaked to the press? Yes.
How can they do that?
I mean, how can they
just expose her personal life to the whole world?
Public relations is all about creating an image,
and whoever controls that image wins.
If this thing goes to trial,
she could be found guilty before she even steps foot in court.
We're not rich,
but we contacted you because we want to fight back.
We need to fight back, for Amanda.
A lot of our work will be done through the American media.
We need to get this story on the talk show circuit,
into mainstream magazines, newspaper interviews.
Okay, uh, well...
I guess we'll do whatever you need US to, right?
There's something else that might help.
The prosecutor on our daughter's case
is under indictment in Italy.
We'll certainly look into that.
As jesuit honor student Amanda Knox
languishes in a perugian jail
for a crime she says she didn't commit,
it now appears she's not the only one in the hot seat.
In a twist that most Americans would find unbelievable,
we've discovered the chief prosecutor, giuliano mignini,
is himself under indictment
for intimidation and illegal wiretapping
in a decades-old serial-murder case.
Mignini, outspoken and political,
has made his share of enemies over the years.
It's rubbish! Complete rubbish!
They're trying to save their daughter
by destroying my reputation.
It's outrageous.
Giuliano, it's a smoke screen.
An act of desperation. You know that.
Did I falsely accuse an innocent man?
Or lie to the police about my alibi?
Or leave my bloody footprints and DNA at the crime scene?
Do cartwheels?
Or try to scrub my guilt away with bleach?
What did I do?
I did my job.
And I'm not going to let this case be tried
by American TV reporters and bloggers!
This case is going to be tried in a court of law.
There is a chill in the Autumn air here in perugia
as Rudy guede arrives in court to receive the verdict
in his fast-track trial.
Also here are the ex-lovers
Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito.
Foxy knoxy swept into court
like an invitee to a gala event.
She waved and smiled at friends and reporters
as she sat before judge micheli,
who will decide later today if there is sufficient evidence
to send her to trial
for the brutal murder of Meredith Kercher.
In the name of the Italian people,
this court declares...
Rudy hermann guede guilty
of the murder of Meredith Kercher
and sexual assault.
Sentenced to 30 years.
Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito
will be tried for murder, sexual assault,
theft, and transportation of a knife.
What?
No.
What?
This case is like a puzzle.
While individual pieces can be picked apart,
put together,
there is a compelling picture of guilt.
On the one hand, we have the victim,
Meredith Kercher...
a studious young woman
who was soon to return to London for her mother's birthday.
On the other,
we have Amanda Knox...
A narcissistic, aggressive, and manipulative young woman
who harbored a hatred for Meredith.
Now, in her desire to retaliate,
Amanda enlisted the services of two young men
who were vying to impress her...
Raffaele Sollecito, her smitten, weak-willed lover,
and drifter Rudy guede.
Now, each of these three individuals
may have been harmless on their own,
but like certain chemicals when mixed together,
they produced a cataclysmic reaction of blood and horror.
Meredith's death was unreal in many ways,
and it still is.
I still look for her.
It's not just her death...
But the nature of it.
The brutality, the violence...
the great sorrow it brought for everyone.
It's such a shock to send your daughter away to school
and not have her come back.
We will never...
Never get over this.
How would you describe the relationship
between Meredith and Amanda?
At first, they got on very well,
in part because they both spoke English,
I think.
But then things began to take a different course.
By the end of October, there was tension.
Tension over what?
Meredith complained
that Amanda brought strange men back to the house.
She didn't feel her... did her share of cleaning.
And she was also upset
that Amanda left condoms and a vibrator
in a transparent bag in the bathroom they shared.
Man, filomena really turned on me
in her testimony today, huh?
Mm.
I never did anything to hurt her.
You only lived there two months.
I mean, she barely knew you.
Yeah, I miss my friends back home.
What about Raffaele?
The thing with Raffaele could've been something special,
but we just never got the chance.
But we're still friends.
He's gonna come visit US in Seattle when we get out.
Back up.
Mr. Rinaldi...
You own a clothing boutique here in town, correct?
It's called bubbles.
On November 3rd,
did the accused come in to your store?
Yes.
They bought some lingerie.
And did Amanda Knox say anything to Raffaele Sollecito
during this time?
Yes.
She said to him,
"I'm going to take you home for some wild sex tonight."
So, on November 3rd,
while her murdered roommate's memorial
was being held in perugia,
Ms. Knox's main concern
was buying sexy lingerie and making love.
Could you talk, please,
about the lingerie shopping spree?
No. Amanda only went to that store
because she didn't have any clothes.
The police sealed off her apartment,
a-and she didn't have anything to wear.
And how do you respond to allegations
she was doing cartwheels in the police station?
Look, Amanda's Amanda.
She's always been a unique girl.
A lot of kids want to conform,
but she was always just who she is
and never worried about it.
And now?
She's grown up a lot.
I don't speak Italian. I'm so sorry.
Can you tell the court what you did
on the evening of November 1, 2007?
Yes. Raffaele and I were at his apartment.
And, uh...
We read a little, listened to some music.
And then we watched the movie "Amélie"
a little later on his computer.
You also called your mother that day,
at 3:00 A.M. Seattle time.
Actually, I don't remember doing that.
I called her later,
when they were breaking Meredith's door down.
No, no, no.
The earlier call is important.
Because at 3:00 A.M. in Seattle,
it was noon in perugia.
Nothing had happened yet.
The police hadn't arrived.
The door had not been broken down.
Meredith's body had not been discovered.
Why did you feel the need
to wake your mother up in the middle of the night?
I didn't call her earlier.
According to your mother's earlier testimony...
And this phone record... You did.
Okay, fine.
Then I did call her, but I don't remember.
Earlier you heard Marco vitello testify
that you entered his shop
on the morning of November 2nd at 7:45 A.M.
And went directly to the cleaning supply section.
How do you respond to that?
I was asleep at that time. He must be mistaken.
He identified you in court.
He said he was sure it was you.
Well, I've been in that store several times before.
He just must've mixed up the dates.
Moving on to the date of November 6th...
You've asserted that you were physically struck
during your interrogation.
Please, can you tell US about that?
Um, the room was crowded.
And everyone was asking me questions.
They were all moving around.
And then the interpreter 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?!
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!
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 with her English friends.
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 pietàs, 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?
Why does everybody hate me?
We located abundant levels
of Raffaele Sollecito's DNA
on the victim's bra clasp.
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 court
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.
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?
Dr. Stefanoni...
based on the amount 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?
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 in the neck.
They say that I'm calm.
I'm not calm.
I'm scared of losing myself.
I'm scared...
Of being branded something that I'm not.
I'm scared of having the mask of an assassin forced onto me.
After years of prison, I...
Confess I feel sad...
And I feel frustrated.
In front of you, I feel vulnerable,
but I'm sure of what I know.
And Meredith was my friend.
And I would've never hurt her.
My conscience is clean.
I'd like to thank the prosecution
because they're doing their job.
And even though they don't understand...
They're trying to bring justice
to a person who was taken from this world.
That's it.
You did a great job today on the stand. Mm-hmm.
You were open and direct. Yeah.
It looked like the jury really, really connected with you.
Yeah, I mean, it looked like they believed you.
- Yeah. - Mm-hmm. Yeah, but what if they don't?
You have to trust.
You have to trust, okay, that the jury is going to see
right through the prosecution's lies.
And if they don't get it right the first time,
we'll win on appeal.
I bought you a plane ticket.
One way to Seattle. That's... that's a relief.
You're coming home. That's good.
Condanna...
Amanda Marie Knox,
guilty of the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher,
staging a crime scene,
and falsely accusing Patrick Lumumba.
26 years.
Raffaele Sollecito...
Guilty of the murder of Meredith Kercher,
sexual assault, and staging a crime scene.
25 years.