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New Witness in Amanda Knox-Kercher Case

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Sky News is reporting that a new witness has come forward saying that he saw Knox on the morning after the murder of Meredith Kercher, which if his statement can be verified, would be damning for Amanda Knox.

He says he say her at 7:45 a.m. at the store in the cleaning supply section, which if I understand it right, Amanda has never admitted to. That morning, the morning Kercher’s body was discovered, Knox said she was with her Italian boyfriend at his house before going home to a troubled scene.

This will be interesting to watch materialize. I’m just curious why it took this man an entire year to come forward.

New Witness in Kercher Case

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A new Albanian witness has come forward nearly three months from the horrific murder of Meredith Kercher to say that he saw the three suspects (Knox, Sollecito, and Guede) together at the cottage the night before the murder.

The new witness, an Albanian who lives in Perugia, told police that about 8 o’clock on the night before Ms Kercher was killed he parked his car near the cottage, but in doing so scraped the rubbish bins at the gates. He told investigators: “It was dark and pouring with rain, but I stopped the car, put the hazard lights on and got out to see if I had damaged the car. Suddenly two young people came out. It was them, Raffaele and Amanda. They seemed as if they were looking for a quarrel, they were shouting.

“We began arguing and at a certain point Amanda pulled out a knife and started waving it around in an aggressive way. She was shouting and pointing the knife at me.

“I’m quite certain it was her, and the guy with her was Raffaele Sollecito.”

The witness said that he was scared. “I was ready to run back to my car when out of nowhere in the dark another guy turned up, a black man. It was the Ivory Coast guy, Rudy.” He said that he did not know any of the three at the time, “but I recognised them afterwards when I saw their photographs in all the newspapers.” Source: Times Online

It doesn’t look good for the three suspects, nor does it bode well for Knox’s version of events, which from what news reports have said, has changed several times.

Read moreI originally wrote about Amanda Knox back on November 9th, eight days after the murder. When I did, someone rightly pointed out that Knox’s statements could have been translated from English to Italian to English again, and with that, I couldn’t depend on the actual verbiage to guide me in spotting deception. They were correct.

But even if there was a translation, one event that Knox described that night, of being in the kitchen and hearing Kercher scream from behind closed doors, and covering her ears because of it (if that is the end message before and after translation), makes absolutely no sense. It defies logic and honesty.

When we are startled by a loud noise, a scream, our natural instinct when we are in our own home (or in a place where we feel safe) is to go running toward the noise, to ask if everyone is okay, to see what happened.

We only cover our ears when we know what is going on, and we can’t stop it, nor can we bear to hear it anymore. When we are startled, no one goes, “Oh my” and covers their ears in ignorance…not knowing the cause or reasoning. It’s unheard of…

It makes you wonder if, at one point, Knox was in the kitchen, and Kercher was crying out, and Knox heard it, knew Kercher was dying, and just covered her ears so she didn’t have to endure it. Reports say they believe Kercher died slowly by bleeding to death. Then again, the whole story could be completely made up. I’m just speculating because sometimes in lies there are pieces of the truth.

The only thing we can say with some certainty from this statement by Knox about covering her ears in ignorance, if that is the gist of what she is saying, is that Knox is not telling the truth. It doesn’t tell us anything more than that.

This new Albanian witness only seems to support that Knox hasn’t been honest and forthright, again.

Amanda Knox

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You’ve probably heard the story that is breaking out of Italy this week. A British Exchange student, Meredith Kercher, 20, was found murdered in her bedroom, and one of the accused is American-born, University of Washington student, Amanda Knox, also 20. Both girls shared a house with other students while living abroad.

Reports are saying “Extreme Sex Game killed Meredith.”

Steve Huff over at True Crime Weblog details the story here, if you want to get into all the details.

Several papers have printed a statement made by Knox to police, and if this statement is true, I find it quite interesting and telling that perhaps Ms. Knox is not being forthright with us.

Read more Knox says:

“Patrick and Meredith were in Meredith’s room while I stayed in the kitchen. I can’t remember how long they were together in the room, but I can only say that at a certain point I heard Meredith screaming and I was scared so I covered my ears. After that, I don’t remember everything, my head is very confused.” (source)

Furthermore, there is this report:

Ms Knox made her “confession” to police when she was taken in for questioning at dawn yesterday. She had claimed earlier to have left the cottage at 5pm on Thursday and returned only the next morning when Ms Kercher’s body was discovered. She now admits that she was at the house. She said that on the evening of November 1 she had met Mr Lumumba, who owned the Le Chic pub where she sometimes worked, at about 9pm after they had exchanged texts. She told police they had gone to the cottage. “I don’t remember if my friend Meredith was already there or whether she came later. What I can say is that [Meredith and Patrick] went off together.” (source)

It has been pointed out to me that Knox’s statement may have been translated from English to Italian to English again. If this is the case, I withdraw any and all conclusions, as it is ESSENTIAL for me to have Knox’s words VERBATIM to make a determination (see comment section below).

If these are Knox’s words verbatim, the four-sentence statement (above) gives us many red flags that are hard to ignore.

  1. The choice of words “while I stayed in the kitchen” is indicative that Knox was somehow doing something with Patrick and Meredith…yet in the report above, she does not say she is. This is contradictory. “To stay” is indicative of “staying behind” as if to break away from the group.
  2. The words “I can only say” and “at a certain point” are unique as well. When we recollect a story, we don’t talk like this. When we are controlling facts and being deceptive, however, we do. We only remember details that are important to us, and forget the rest. Knox really wants us to know that she wasn’t in the room, but doesn’t remember anything else. How interesting is that?
  3. “I was scared so I covered my ears.” When people are afraid because someone is screaming, they typically react by (A) running away for help, or (B) running to the aid of the screamer. Fear evokes a response.You don’t ignore a fearful/terrifying scream from someone, and hope it goes away by covering your ears when you or they could be in danger…unless, of course you know the reason behind the screams — and know you are not in danger.
  4. “After that, I don’t remember everything” When people are deceptive, the often have a selective memory — remembering “only” what they want us to know and forgetting everything else. It’s so convenient. Too convenient — especially considering strong emotions should have been elicited by the screams — which in turn should have burned searing memories that can’t be purged, no matter how hard she tries. Yet Knox seems to only remember one selective thing. I’m not buying it.

If Knox wasn’t in the room participating in the killing, then her words (if they are indeed hers) certainly hint that she knew what was going on behind those closed doors. It hints she was involved with Patrick and Meredith, yet her story is leaving out any involvement with Meredith.

Each of these four sentences has a red flag in it. That’s a strong indication of deception. I don’t believe Knox is being honest with us –if these do in fact prove to be her words verbatim. That is now the question.

* Modification added 11/10/07 4:14 PM

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