Amanda Knox

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I see there is another Amanda Knox series out on Hulu/Disney. I've always followed the case closely. But I have mixed feelings. At first I thought Amanda was involved in the murder but as time has gone on, there isn't a shred of proof (from a DNA pov) against her. But should she continue to make money from the case? I feel deeply sorry for Meredith's family. As her sister Stephanie said, Meredith is the 'forgotten victim' in this. I understand she did spend 4 years behind bars and wants to be vindicated - and she does help other innocent victims who have been jailed - but I feel it's too much now and that Meredith is being lost in it all. What do you think?

Yes you did call me thick.

Stop it.

I won't take personal abuse from you. I am reporting your abusive posts to mumsnet

Exactly. As an autistic person, I feel deeply deeply uncomfortable when guilt is assigned to a suspect because they don't behave in a way they are "expected to".

Same with Lucy Letby. Unlike AK, there seems to have been a lot of concrete evidence pointing to her guilt, but also a lot of "there was something a bit off about her", "she didn't gel with her colleagues", "she seemed too enthusiastic about her job", statements, which I find pretty concerning.

For various reasons, this phenomenon always seems to be worse with women suspects.

I am just starting to watch the documentary now on Disney +

Where have you said that? Apologies if I missed it.
I must admit I’m finding it bizarre that I can only find the photos showing a very small amount of blood, and not those you’re alluding to, but I always assume people are posting in good faith so I’m willing to accept they exist and I’m just missing something somewhere. They appear to have been wiped from the internet though, which is odd. I was just hoping you could point me in their direction.

Oh how convenient you don’t provide photos or links 🤣🤣🤣

I think people are asking because you made the claim. And also berated me for not showing enough photos.

Which abusive posts?

Stop talking rubbish, again. It’s not abusive to not like what I have to say.

Look it’s fine to be wrong. It really is. But don’t be wrong and keep saying you’re right, and refuse to back up your wrong claims. Be a grown up?

Do let us know if the bathroom scene shows “large amounts of blood”

Did anyone read Meredith Kercher's Dad's book about what happened?

It was really interesting to read about it from his perspective.

The initial behaviour wouldn’t determine guilt, but it would be enough to make the police suspicious. Afterall, they’re trained to be aware of behaviour that would raise red flags. She acted very cold and detached in the immediate aftermath.

There was no jury trial in this case with it being held in Italy and the lack of one could well have caused that first verdict (not that jury trials lack flaws).

Wasn't sure what to make of Knox, and her behaviour did seem odd. Have since heard her speak in an interview on an Irish podcast and she came across very well. Hunch is she is completely innocent and if that is the case what a traumatic thing to go through. Of course the main victim is poor Meredith.

Do you remember what was the name of the podcast?

I don’t normally watch adaptations of true crime as I prefer the documentaries but I simply had to find out what the film makers views were on the large amount of blood in the bathroom. So I fast forwarded a little.

Interesting that this shot doesn’t align at all with the concept that were large amounts of blood. Why could that be?

And it’s fine for people to be suspicious. Everyone close to Meredith would have been under suspicion in the early days.
Her behaviour should have had no bearing whatsoever on the outcome, however, as there was no actual evidence to suggest she was involved and plenty to suggest she wasn’t.

It doesn't look anything like the photo that the poster on here provided either.

Why would that be?

Oh yes, because it is not the same rug.

What was interesting about his perspective (about the crime)?

Did he have compelling evidence to say Knox did it?

I feel sorry for the Kerchers. Desperately so. They fell hook line and sinker for what the police were telling them - perhaps understandably so. I can’t imagine what that level of grief does to a family. But they are relatively fortunate that their daughter’s killer was caught. Disgraceful they had to sit through a kangaroo court as other innocent people were framed for the crime, and they were brainwashed into going along with it a the media glamourised AK. A total affront to their daughter’s memory. I hope they suitably furious with the police and media.

Because after someone has went through such an ordeal like that I can't see how you could possibly have empathy for them, when at the same time persisting in being so judgemental and harsh about her as a person.

And it is fine to be suspicious, and to check it out. What’s not fine was to pin the blame on an innocent woman based SOLELY on one day’s behaviour and assumptions (such as “a woman would cover up the body so a woman must have been involved”), and entirely against extensive forensic evidence.

It’s really frustrating, I’m searching and searching for the photos that @Applebun says show large amounts of blood splattered around the bathroom but I can’t find them anywhere. I hate to be thought of as lazy though so I’ll keep looking.

No he never wrote in the book that he thought Knox did it.

He did write that he didnt like that all the attention was on Amanda, and that Meredith was kind of forgotten.

That’s the media’s fault, not Amanda’s. Funny how so little attention is on the man who actually killed her. 🙁

Somebody posted a link to a podcast upthread where she tells her story.

I’ve listened to a few she’s done, but TBH you can only hear the same story so many times

She did a very good episode on the Changes podcast about handling going from spoilt American 20yo to prisoner in a foreign country, and how she coped.

There was a jury but there was 2 judges in it as well, I think it was 2 judges and 6 jurors.

I don’t think there was plenty of evidence to suggest she was innocent. Much of the evidence at the scene was contaminated by poor handling of the crime scene by the police. The red flags were there, and police just pieced it together with what they had. It’s the same situation with Lucy Letby. All circumstantial, but nothing concrete, but enough for police to think she was guilty.

The poster was me, and in both photos the bathroom was not covered in blood. At all.

Well no it’s not the same rug (bath mat)…because one is the ACTUAL bath mat…and the other is a TV show.

Bit this is an adaptation…if there was a bathroom full of blood then wouldn’t we find one at least in the adaptation? Or on the internet?

Let us know if they crop up!