Anatomy of a MySpace page: Amanda Knox, suspect
Anyone who has clicked the link to Amanda Knox's MySpace page (which I included in my last post) will know that, as of about 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon, her profile was set to private.
Once again, Monica Guzman at the P.I.'s Big Blog got the scoop first, updating readers that both Knox's MySpace and Facebook profiles have disappeared from the public eye.
And once again, the comment section includes a rant from someone unfamiliar with the purpose of the Internet. Welcome to the spotlight, grammatically handicapped author of comment #64334:
And just for you, commenter, we've included images of what you can't find on MySpace today: Amanda Knox's profile page, exactly as it was when taken down yesterday. Check it out after the jump.
The profile picture. Knox operates on MySpace under the alias "Foxy Knoxy." Note the date of her last login, as of early yesterday morning: 11/5/07. 3 days after Meredith Kercher's body was found:
Foxy Knoxy's Blurbs. She seems like the stereotypical female Seattle college student - likes drinking (both wine and coffee), spending time in the outdoors, practicing yoga...and reading Harry Potter:
Foxy Knoxy's Interests. Here we start to see just who Amanda Knox is. She appears to be a big fan of the Beatles and other classic rock, throwing in a little Outkast and Cake for good measure (much respect for the latter of these...the Seattle Crime Blogger is also partial to the fine sounds of John McCrea's Sacramento quintet).
Her favorite film list is divided between the childish (The Lion King, Shrek, Finding Nemo), the comedic (Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights) and the subversive (Fight Club, American Beauty). Still, nothing overly exciting or revealing here...just another Seattle college student who spends too much time customizing their MySpace page:
Foxy Knoxy's Details. This section, not surprisingly, reveals the most information about Knox, and shows a couple inconsistencies between the person she claims to be and the murder suspect being portrayed by the media.
More on this case when I've got time to blog it...
Once again, Monica Guzman at the P.I.'s Big Blog got the scoop first, updating readers that both Knox's MySpace and Facebook profiles have disappeared from the public eye.
And once again, the comment section includes a rant from someone unfamiliar with the purpose of the Internet. Welcome to the spotlight, grammatically handicapped author of comment #64334:
The internet has become too public. None of what was seen online has any serious relation to the case. But innocent things like the youtube video and Myspace info are easily blown out of proportions by zealous media. The internet should be a place to share and be open. Instead it can badly misused. [As usual, emphasis has been added by the Seattle Crime Blogger - Ed.]How foolish we reporters are, thinking that something somebody puts up on the Internet is - gasp! - public information. The Internet is "a place to share and be open." You're right: Amanda Knox was open, and the media is sharing. Shocking, I know.
And just for you, commenter, we've included images of what you can't find on MySpace today: Amanda Knox's profile page, exactly as it was when taken down yesterday. Check it out after the jump.
The profile picture. Knox operates on MySpace under the alias "Foxy Knoxy." Note the date of her last login, as of early yesterday morning: 11/5/07. 3 days after Meredith Kercher's body was found:
Foxy Knoxy's Blurbs. She seems like the stereotypical female Seattle college student - likes drinking (both wine and coffee), spending time in the outdoors, practicing yoga...and reading Harry Potter:
Foxy Knoxy's Interests. Here we start to see just who Amanda Knox is. She appears to be a big fan of the Beatles and other classic rock, throwing in a little Outkast and Cake for good measure (much respect for the latter of these...the Seattle Crime Blogger is also partial to the fine sounds of John McCrea's Sacramento quintet).
Her favorite film list is divided between the childish (The Lion King, Shrek, Finding Nemo), the comedic (Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights) and the subversive (Fight Club, American Beauty). Still, nothing overly exciting or revealing here...just another Seattle college student who spends too much time customizing their MySpace page:
Foxy Knoxy's Details. This section, not surprisingly, reveals the most information about Knox, and shows a couple inconsistencies between the person she claims to be and the murder suspect being portrayed by the media.
- Status: Single (That's not what we've heard. Did Knox not want her parents or friends to know she was dating a 23-year-old Italian, Raffaele Sollecito, who has also been arrested in connection with Kercher's murder?)
- Smoke/Drink: No/No (Really? Then how do you explain the love of "good wine," Knox's first interest listed under the "About me" page in Foxy Knoxy's Blurbs? Or this YouTube video, which has been making its way around the web like wildfire, and appears to show Knox under the influence of alcohol?)
More on this case when I've got time to blog it...
nice work
thanks
will stay in touch
Hey, really great coverage on this story. I've been very interested in it since I'm a UW alumni. The company that I work for has also been following the story as it develops. We actually jumped on it really early and we were able to grab a screen shot of a revealing short story that Amanda wrote and posted to her Myspace blog in 2006. It's by no means a confession but it does give a little insight into her inner thoughts. You can find the story here.
A sad case/mabe lnsane
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1293382,00.html
thanks for the this. i'm a german major at the U of Washington and have been following this story...and can't seem to not be obsessed with it.
Very interesting... as always! Cheers from -Switzerland-.
This is really a weak case. They found her DNA on a knife from her apartment. Relying on the lazy Italian justice system to process this case makes me so glad I live in the United States. The burden of proof is on the defandant, not the state, she has to prove she did not do this.
As for the Myspace stuff, maybe the multitude of young (and sometimes older) idiots of the world who disclose every aspect of their personal lives to people who can interpret it in an entirely different context will wise up and see the downside of putting it all out there on the web. Everything you do, say or show on the Internet becomes permanent record, and people worry that the government is spying on them?
As for Amanda Knox, I am sure that this is wrecking her family's finances and paralyzing them with worry. Based on the lack of real evidence, I believe she is totally innocent and I hope she is released soon.
Im not sure if it really 'is a weak case' as of today, December 1st...
I read, that while her parents were visiting her at prison [jail] they 'recorded' their phone conversations and stated:
"Amanda Knox admiited to her parents: ..'well, I really was at my place the night of the murder I can't lie and I am really sorry about Patrick...'...
Now, I dont know how 'reliable' that information is but they did have that on the news today....
Maybe she was implying her place to be 'the flat where her boyfriend lives, Raffele; he did say she was staying with?
All I can say is that since she told different versions of what happened the night Meredith was murdered, even if she were to be telling the truth NOW, it will be very difficult for the Authorities to sort out what is really TRUE and what is FABRICATED...
This is a horribly sad, sad story for all involved and mostly for Meredith's family; they no longer have their daughter to care for, to be there for...that is way too painful to comprehend.
Ofcourse once lawyers or parents become aware of the impending homicide charges and the media interest being generated in the case the MySpace pages are made inaccessible. What would one expect a lawyer to do under the circumstances? I would wonder if this "lack of real evidence" and "totally innocent" were not also lawyer-inspired! Damage-control and advocacy issues predominate in situations like this.
I just can't understand the massive personality change. I can't understand it at all. Just because she is a drugged-out slut doesn't mean she had to be so utterly unable to deal with the aftermath of her crime. She utterly failed the clean-up, leaving the task largely to her Italian boyfriend. She had successfully avoided any accusation of theft of her roommate's rent-money. Surely her culinary skills involved some exposure to tasks involving cleaning up afterwards. Surely her barrista experience taught her the need for thorough cleaning. Why is it that just because she is young and perhaps excessively devoted to one-night stands she goes all to pieces after she kills someone and can only make half-hearted efforts at concocting a would-be locked room mystery. She couldn't even get her story straight for the cops! Weird. Seattle Prep kids are supposed to be much smarter! UW honor-students are supposed to have more on the ball than that! What went wrong that she could not complete such simple tasks as getting rid of the blood splatter and the body? How is it she felt more desirous of buying lingerie than keeping control over the cell phones? Alot of people think that after one's first kill there is a desire for alcohol but its far more common to have an intense desire for sex instead. Couldn't she defer her needs for sexual gratification until she had cleaned up the crime scene and disposed of the incriminating evidence?
Her mother says she is "distraught" at her friend's death. The 1st photos of her talking to police do not show her looking even upset...her face is blank. The pictures next day show her and the boyfriend shopping for sexy lingerie and laughing about having wild sex later in the day. Perhaps this is her way of dealing with being distraught? Nothing she has said or shown gives the impression of the normal kind of shock and distress. All her comments and writings seem to focus on herself..."take me shopping,mom" "the other inmates think I'm hot," etc....and changing stories to put the blame on others. She specifically named Patrick Lumumba as the murderer; now she apologizes to the judge for blaming him. An apology???? What kind of person is this? To me, red alarm bells are ringing "sociopath!!!" Polite and smart on the surface, absolutely self-centred and conscienceless on the inside.
Sociopath? Perhaps, but why such an incompetent one? Usually they are rather skilled at doing what has to be done such as cleaning up a crime scene and exercising control over co-conspirators.
People seem to be focusing on her being somewhat of a slut and her interest in men who are low-lifes but there seems to be a lack of focus on why she was so utterly inept at murder. Sociopaths are usually good at that sort of thing.
amanda knox is a retard that killed that beautiful girl because she was a dork( a cute dork) but a dork no less. i hope she's getting raped in jail!
Any new updates on this case? I haven't seen/heard anything new...
20/20 is airing this story right now. Found your page by typing Amanda Knox myspace. Expect some hits!
Amazing story.
I want to know more recent information....I seriously believe Amanda is innoccent. I think that her boyfriend killed Meredith...and her being the young American Teen she is had an obsession in that relationship....so did what she had to do to help him out....she didnt stop to think what was going to happen to her....poor girl I think she is totally innocent and now she is sitting behind bars for that murder. Now as far as Meredith: I am truly sad to hear of her death. I pray she will forever rest in peace may the Lord be with her and her family always....and as for the sick disgusted murderer
(which I belive was te Boyfriend of amanda knox)....May rot into the walls of his current surroundings and when he is parished may his soul suffer and always be burning in the depths of HELL
So in this guys mind when you date, your marital status is no longer single?
just seen yhe tonight programme shown itv england.her trial is tommorow and from what ive seen im sure she is inocent.good luck with trial
In England, the story is that when Fox arrived she was the local hot one that all the boys were after and getting all the attention that this obnvious narcissist craves. Meredith arrives, is better looking and more intelligent. The attention switches and the deficit disorder kicks in, despite Meredith's kindness towards her. Americans in Europe often come across as one dimentional and immature and she couldn't cope. A terrible hatred ensued and she killed Meredith. May she rot in hell.
What's wrong with people today. Drinking wine and writing strange storys that also include some sex and violence makes you suspicious?
Well I guess then Stephen King is suspicious of having committed every unsolved crime in the US, hmmm?
Drinking? Guilty!
Writing? Guilty!
Killing? Well, sounds only logic, lol!
Oh, and she does not show the mourning that we are all used to from Hollywood Cinema and acts strange and inaproppriate - that sure makes her a murderer.
I'm not saying that she's not guilty - but the way the public and press makes her a sex crazed serial killer reminds me of the burning of witches in the medieval times.
:-)
Very tragic case.
I think Meredith and Amanda became fast friends, but Amanda was more sexually adventureous and eventually they fell out. Meredith probably got annoyed and went to be early the night she was killed while Amanda and her friends continued to party, boozing and taking drugs. The hree accused got carried away and started having sex. Meredith was probably asleep and they wanted her to join in the fun but she told them to get out of her room. Something snapped and they killed her. They are probably remorseful now but it's too late for sorry.
I am psychic : basically amanda killed this Kercher girl during a sex escapade...to please her boyfriend whom was into violent sex...black was there as a date for kercher ....whom refused to partake also missing drugs are involved
She's as guilty as sand to me-and people who criticise the Italian legal system don't get it-leaks, interviews, diary entries all making their way into the media- these are her lawyers' methods to deflect, deny and confuse. This is because they are running scared of the evidence that will be produced at her trial.
As for the trial itself they are completely paranoid about that-I say she will never take the stand-an organised PR campaign pre-trial is one thing-the chance that she might crack-up completely on the stand is too much for these guys to take
Give her 40 years as a lesbian!
The preliminary judge in the investigation, judge Claudia Metteini, the judges at the Italian Supreme Court, and now judge Paolo Micheli have all said there are serious indications of Amanda Knox's guilt.
There are 7 pieces of forensic evidence that link Amanda to the crime, including Amanda's DNA on the handle of the knife found at Raffaele Sollecito's apartment and Meredith Kercher's DNA on the blade, and Amanda's bare footprints set in Meredith's blood.
Amanda knew precise details about the crime and the crime scene which she could only have known if she had been present when Meredith was murdered. Amanda herself admitted she was present when Meredith was murdered in her handwritten note to the police on 6 November.
Amanda and Raffaele not only gave conflicting witness statements, but also gave completely different accounts of where they were, who they were with and what they were doing on the night of the murder. There are two excellent pro-evidence, pro-victim websites about the case.
True Justice For Meredith Kercher:
http://truejustice.org/ee/index.php
Perugia Murder File:
http://perugiamurderfile.freeforums.org/portal.php
you have to think when u r oversea - in a world nobody knows u - far awaay from home - maybe the first time without parents familiy and friends - then sometimes people change from the sweet honey into a drinking and drug using sex girl. cause nobody knows. and then italy where is a open feeling - party fun sex alcohol drugs are normal in the old europe. and sometimes happen things that u cant understand in your small behavied world because the real world is hard unfair und fucking. an kids like amanda meredith and so on they are from rich parents, they dont have a mind for such things.
always party party party - espaccaly amanda.
look into her eyes. cold. dark. dead.
i think something happend there really badly -
and amanda was involved. but i dont think she was the murder from meredith but she is also guilty. and mostly poor little rich girl buy her freedom.
and the black drugdealer got 30years.
because no money and black.
The Amanda girl is a liar.
She tried to frame the bar owner, what more do you need to know.
Pretty White girl flashing her eyes is going down. Wait till the Italian Priosn Warderns take piece of her. Mind you she might like it, Sick cow.
You know there will be trouble if only the Black guy gets done.
And all this bull about a fund for Amanda, her parents should be shamed. But no they go about releasing pictures of her doing good deeds. Like that is going to work. Well maybe in the USA. She is a dirty Chav with no morales. I hope the bartender sue her and takes all the fund money.
Cant stand you bleeding hearts type. "Oh Amanda is an angel, she would not do that. Yet she loves mixed race a spit roast. People dont get me started on this dutty gal.
Here in her hometown neighborhood, family and friends ( and the local newspaper) persist in trotting her out as the ivory snow baby. Next they'll be suggesting she is still a virgin, and that, okay, she smoked some hash, but she "didn't inhale". You don't have to travel across an ocean to try on a new persona; any small town kid who has gone away to college has had a chance to be thrown in with 'exotic' experiences, and to let their judgement slip. This girl mostly sounds like a flake. What were her convictions, pre-Perugia, on political matters in the world? On the suffering of underprivileged people anywhere? As a mixed race,24 year old myself, I have encountered people my own age for whom I could never be white enough ( in 21st century America!!!), but they still thought they were cool to be seen with me! Read The Stranger article, "The Education of Amanda Knox, for her distasteful comment to a coworker at the World Cup. Was this her idea of clever repartee?
I see a xenophobe at work; Meredith, as a mixed-race girl, was an inconsequential sacrifice. (Why was Amanda so insistent that Meredith come home on that particular evening? Was Amanda setting her up?) And to finger Mr. Lumumba as the Killer, when Amanda supposedly had no particular information as to the perpetrator's i.d. ( wasn't home/oops/was home but had her ears covered)? What's one more black man in prison, eh? People here(in Seattle) have this phony PC thing where they are afraid to make racial suggestions . I think she was flirting with danger (ooh, ooh! I kissed a non white! How daring! What would My friends back home say? OOh I wrote a story about murder. I'm so shocking!!!) And now you're in prison---top that with your silly myspace page.
You can't judge someone's myspace like that. My profile still says single and I have been with my boyfriend for almost 2 years, I just never got around to it. It also says I still smoke which I quit some time ago. It's all relative to how seriously you take your myspace and social networks. I know some people who are on that stuff all the time, then people like me who have not put any work into them for quite awhile, and just check in to see if anyone has talked to them. Also, she is in Italy, when I spent time in Spain, I hardly ever looked at my myspace, and if I did, it was not to waste time changing my status or other things about my profile. Everyone is to judgmental at this point, no real evidence has been up against her if she were being tried in the US, she would not be in jail right now.
Give her the chair.
Re: Italian Justice System, "You Must Prove yourself Innocent" well My Fellow American, it is Ovious That you are Not Familiar with the American Justice system either, as You also must prove yourself Innocent, and Hundreds of Americans Have been wronfully convicted and some hundreds have Been excuted, the only Difference with the Italian Justice system is that Amanda Knox will not be Prejudicated By Ignorrant Peers, The Judges will aqit her if she can cause a reasonable Doubt.
Re: UW Students :Are Suppose to be smarter" well the Weirdest and strangest people Do Seem to Come from Washington State, People Raping Horses (Washington State) Green River Killer ( Washington State) Amanda Knox a Straight Piece of Shit, Like Someone Said No Remorse and Her eyes are empty, just like her Father, and Probably 90% of persons that I met Living in The Seattle area.
Amandas parents have got a pretty good fund raising band wagon going so they are hardly likely to admit that the DNA evidence will put their daughter at the scene while a young girl bled slowly to death, possible contamination of evidence does not put a bloody foot print on a bed sheet.
Italy is not some third world banana republic were confessions are routinly beaten out of a suspect, it has a multi teired justice system that has on all levelles found sufficient evidence to prosecute. I have followed this case in the US,UK and Italian media and the reporting differs greatly from poor innocent abroad to cold calculating bitch.
If she is convicted it wont be because of pages on her myspace it will be because she has proved herself to be a liar. An innocent person only has one story to tell Amanda has told several different versions of the events that night and that does not say innocent to me.
Tn The reports that I have read particularly in the Italian media Amanda appears to think she is the most important person in this case, she isn't the most important person is Merrideth Kercher
My opinion my well be wrong that is for the jury to decide. I do know one thing and that is if I was her father I would be demanding a lie detector test though it would not be admissable as evidence it would help prove to the folks back home her guilt or innocence.
I once found out a friend had died, from his father, and had to cover my mouth because I could not get a smile off of my face. It was involuntary, I was not happy. You never know what your reaction will be in traumatic circumstances. You lose control of yourself.
They have already prosecuted that Rudy guy why is it so hard to believe he did this alone???? She was petite. He easily overwhelmed her happens all the time. Why would Amanda throw her future away, she was happy and smart......give her a break people what if it was u in her shoes ease up!!!!!!!! Jeeeeeeez.
Just saw the 48 Hours Mystery story on Amanda. After reading some of the posts here it is sad to see that the media may have a strong influence on the outcome of the trial. I wonder if Satan is smiling?
Amanda is the murder, 100%. In her eyes ... these look like an mentally ill person. She laughts in the judgment as she had speak with her lawyer. Who laughts when a friend has died?
The CBS network produced a one hour program on the Kercher case. The program revealed compelling information that indicates Amanda is innocent of the murder charge. The prosecutor in the case is apparently a very superstitious man, and his lively imagination has created this bizarre tale of a sex orgy that turned into murder. He needs to leave the legal profession and perhaps write crime fiction. With his illusory mindset he will make a fortune at writing novels. The Black Ivory Coast guy raped and murdered Meredith by himself. He continues to show what a low life he is by not telling the truth so that two innocent people will be let out of jail.
From everything that I've seen and read about this case, I believe that both Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are innocent and that Rudy Guede is the sole murderer and rapist.
The Italian Prosecutor's office has been throwing out false information and fabricated lies during the past 1 1/2 years in order to bias people against 2 of the defendants Amanda and Raffaele.
If this crime had occurred in the U.S., neither Amanda nor Raffaele would be in jail nor prosecuted since there is no actual evidence suggesting in any way that they participated in this horrible crime.
Rudy Guede, the black Ivory Coast guy, doesn't want to implicate Amanda and Sollicito. If he rats on them, Amanda's ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollicito and he will both be in the same prison. With Sollicito's father being rich and having connections, Rudy knows the Mafia will make life Hell for him in prison and will probably kill him even if they're not in the same prison.
I've been following Amanda Knox's case for quite a while, and while I don't know if she's innocent or guilty, I just wanted to comment on how you claim her Myspace page "shows a couple inconsistencies between the person she claims to be and the murder suspect being portrayed by the media", which you have only inferred from checking out her interests in the "About Me" area of her page versus the "Details" section.
I am a longtime Myspace user (pretty much since it started out). It is quite common to log on and just update little things here & there on your personal page, like the "General" or "About Me" sections (as things occur to you to put there) or "Movies" or "Music" (as you see/hear new things). When you go to edit your profile, the large area where you edit your interests pops up first, and that's what people are usually most concerned with filling in and it's also where you add your HTML code for your backgrounds, etc. Here's the list of categories that come up (in order) on this one page:
Headline:
About me:
Who I'd Like to Meet:
General:
Music:
Movies:
Television:
Books:
Heroes:
However, the following categories are all on separate pages, which require you to wait for each individual page to load:
Name
Basic Info
Details (the section you're referring to)
Schools
Companies
Networking
This is probably because this is information that mostly stays the same, unless you have a life change such as getting married, changing or graduating college, or starting a new job. Nobody changes this info very often, whereas with the regular profile info, you do. I have been guilty of forgetting to change this info myself for a new job, though I remembered to do it when I got married. Sometimes you just get wrapped up in other things, and in the grand scheme of things, it's just not a big deal. It's a MYSPACE PAGE. Something people have to connect with their friends because it's more fun than e-mail, not something intended to be scrutinized to the last detail by police investigators.
Also, it's very possible that when she joined Myspace, she was not a drinker/smoker, and then took it up later. It happens all the time, especially at her age. She might not have wanted to list herself as a drinker until she was legal to drink, or maybe she didn't drink yet. I'm a 30-year-old female, both scenarios are completely normal. And that's really not something you'd think to change in the "Details" area of your page, which is probably why she put that she liked wine in her "About Me" area, which would be getting changed much more often.
I read somewhere that she'd had a boyfriend back in Seattle, and that they broke up before her trip to Italy, so it's quite possible that was why she did not list her Italian boyfriend on her page because she didn't want to hurt his feelings. (I had an ex-boyfriend who left himself listed he was single because he tried to stay friends with his ex-girlfriends, who were all on his myspace page. Not a good idea, but it happens.)
And because she liked "Fight Club" and "American Beauty", her interests are "subversive" and "Shrek", "The Lion King" and "Finding Nemo", she's "childish"??? The films you refer to as "subversive" were critically acclaimed & are amazing pieces of art. (Art is intended to provoke a reaction.) I also have them listed in my interests on my own Myspace page, along with plenty of other films you'd probably consider "subversive", like "Revolutionary Road", "The Clockwork Orange", and a zillion others, and I am definitely NOT some kind of subversive freak. I'm a happily married woman who enjoys good art. As for the "childish" ones, everyone has their favorite Disney movies, and I'm sure YOU even liked "Shrek". Most people I know do, and they certainly don't have childish taste.
Of course the internet is a public arena, but what could people analyze from reading your blog? That you're quick to jump to conclusions, judgmental, and should really do more investigating, particularly about Myspace, before making your ridiculous assumptions. You would think that something called the "Seattle Crime Blog" would be more reputable and focus on the facts, but this is, in reality, no better than all the horrible tabloid-ish foreign press that Amanda Knox is getting that has made her "the most hated woman in Italy" (according to CBS news).
Very, very well said C. Woods. I read this blog and immediately realized the person writing it has no interest in being objective and came to some very unusual conclusions based off of a simple myspace page. Ironically, the blogger seems to feel they posses superior intellect (as indicated by their critique of the "grammatically handicapped author of comment #64334"), while at the same time displaying a low level of cognitive reasoning ability. The blogger apparently has no understanding of objective journalism as they felt it necessary to put in bold sections they felt were important in an attempt to lead them to share their view that Ms. Knox is guilty. It would be nice if they would let the readers decide what is and isn't important on their own and perhaps reach their own conclusions.
So what is the point of your stupid blog?
Do you know?
Do you follow the news you follow?
Why don't you dig a little deeper next time jerk.
You got this girl wrong.
So wrong there is a shame on you.
Amanda first met this boyfriend 7 days prior to the murder and you say she was last on Myspace 3 days afterwards. And you expect her to have updated her status from "single"?!?! That is beyond insane.
I've listened to some recordings of Amanda Knox. And I've spent much of my life in Europe. There is zero percent chance she is guilty. Zero.
She really seems to be guilty based upon what I have heard and read.
I hope Justice is done.
This content, like anything on the internet, is public information. I appreciate being able to see it here. However, I do think you're reading into it. She's a young girl, younger when she posted that information. Yes, maybe she didn't want her parents knowing she was dating an older Italian man. Maybe she didn't want to put up there that she smokes (weed or anything else for that matter). And just because she was doing these things doesn't make her the mother of all liars, or a murderer. It makes her young and dishonest about things that most young people are dishonest about.
It is a shame Amanda was found guilty, she is not guilty, this is Italy's finest "Monster of Florence" all over again. Italy could have stood up and admitted their mistakes... What a shame... Keep going Amanda... things will change, someone else will want their name in the paper, they will get you out.. Take Care, & God Bless
Sounds and looks like an KNOXYMORON to me. Not sure what all the hub-bub is about. Sounds like she was there and did not turn it in so can anyone say accessory. HELLO. Just because she wasn't holding the knife does not clear her of guilt.
Yo.... anybody else notice that the screen shot of her myspace on here says she's a Cancer, but as we speak she has somehow turned into a Pisces? Look at her myspace now... who the hell is logging in for her? Someones got her password....
Until you actually deal with a sociopath you'd never know one at first glance. I lived with a women on Queen Anne, who practised promiscuity and manipulative behavior. She also quite possibly murdered her second husband. I even wrote a letter to the SPD and they did nothing!!
Amanda Knox is guilty, plain and simple. The evidence shows she was in the room when poor Meredith was raped and murdered, though she stated she was not in the room. How is that possible? Like most socio-paths, she is a liar! She has lied about her involvement in this horrific crime, even trying to implicate an innocent young man so as to deflect the focus of the investigation, and she has displayed behaviour that is contrary to one who expouses her innocence. Turning cartwheels after being interrogated of a crime that should have left her sick? Just so we keep the facts of the story in perspective: The victim is Meredith, a hardly-mentioned name in this site - NOT Amanda or America!
There were many inconsistancies in Amanda Knox's statements to the Police. She claimed to have stayed in bed until 10.00am the day after the murder, yet was identified waiting to enter a supermarket at 7.45 am that day to purchase cleaning materials. A receipt for those materials at that time was foundin her boyfriends flat. She and her boyfriend were traced by mobile phone records to the area, and both mobiles were turned off around the time of the killing. Despite finding the apartment door open and calling out to her flatmates she took a shower in a bathroom she noticed blood spatters in, yet wasn't concerned that her friend Mez's door was locked and there was no response. Bunny Boiler!
Guess what-- if you're not married, you're "single." I would have thought that was common sense. Duh. Don't quit your day job.
She is innocent. There is just no reason why she should have done something like that.
Justice was done. The judges had loads of time to get a detailed picture of the scene and they have spoken calmly and accurately. A lot of evidence have been used. Witnesses have been heard.
Now, no Hillary Clinton or someone else will be able to overrule Mrs Knox's conviction. That case is to high profile to overrule an public decision of a court based in an independent democratic country. Some US-Americans seem not aware that their court systems derives from the Roman / Italian one. However, it's obvious that predominantly US-Americans have the feeling that they need to sympathise with Amanda Knox. Due to her nationality. Some due to other aspects: same University, same background, same age etc. That is comprehensible behaviour. However, she took someone's life or helped doing it. And for that - do not let you distract from those cosy connecting details - she should be in prison and take some years to think about the victim and her family. Meredith will never be back in this world. Her family will always miss her. And these are wounds which last longer than 25 or 26 years. People need to help the Kerchers, support them and try to help healing their wounds.
I don't know if she is guilty or innocent, no one here knows, and neither do her friends and family. We all hope it is not so, but none of us were there.
The defense's role is to cast doubt wherever possible, same as here. The prosecutor's role is to work for a conviction: just like here. Jurors fall asleep here, and witnesses also lie here. Expert witness on either side make up wonderful scenarios to bolster their side of the case: just like here.
There was forensic evidence linking her to the murder. Defense does not think it was enough: it was sufficient to convince a jury. Blame her defense team.
My 21 year old son was murdered by a boy who just turned 18. The Caldellis family spent over $1 million on defense, had private detectives harrassing witnesses, and expert witnesses with incredibly creative imaginations. Jury spent about four hours deliberating after a 5 week trial. Their family is still in denial, even after appelate court upheld Murder 1 conviction.
The real victim in this case is Meredith Kercher. She wasn't doing anything wrong or illegal, yet she had her throat slit and was sexually abused. How many times is she listed in this thread? My condolences to her family and friends, who have not hired PR handlers, by the way.
Having been through a lengthy murder trial, don't ever be under the illusion that our system is superior to anything else on the planet.
Saying her conviction is due to anti-Americanism or odd Italian justice is US marketing spin at its worst.
Amanda Knox’s DNA was found on:
1. On the double DNA knife and a number of independent forensic experts - Dr. Patrizia Stenoni, Dr. Renato Biondo and Professor Francesca Torricelli - categorically stated that Meredith’s DNA was on the blade.
2. Mixed with Meredith’s blood on the ledge of the basin.
3. Mixed with Meredith’s blood on the bidet.
4. Mixed with Meredith blood on a box of Q Tip cotton swabs.
5. Mixed with Meredith’s blood in the hallway.
6. Mixed with Meredith’s blood on the floor of Filomena’s room, where the break-in was staged.
7. On Meredith’s bra according to Raffaele Sollecito’s forensic expert, Professor Vinci.
A woman’s bloody shoeprint, which matched Amanda Knox’s foot size, was found on a pillow under Meredith’s body. The bloody shoeprint was incompatible with Meredith’s shoe size
Amanda Knox voluntarily admitted that she involved in Meredith's murder in her handwritten note to the police on 6 November 2007.
Amanda Knox gave multiple conflicting alibis and lied repeatedly. Raffaele Sollecito refused to corroborate Amanda Knox's alibi that she was at his apartment on the night of the murder.
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Sally Hoof wrote:
Quoting only a lawyer aligned with Amanda Knox and no sources or opinions from the victims or the Italian Justice System is wrong.
As for not knowing the evidence - there is a 100 plus page sentencing report from Guedes trial and MANY other reports from this case as its traveling through the Italian court system.
The article only adds to the disinformation and disrespect for Meredith Kercher and Italy.
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jayil london wrote:
"What is it about Amanda Knox that leaves us so unsettled?"
She is American and comes with that their arrogance. If this had happened in the U.S and the accused was a foreign national, they'd be on the electric chair or lethal injection.
When talking about America and justice- Never forget Guantanamo Bay.
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Ava Moor wrote:
I guess the writer read all the papers before writing such an accusing article. Many people judged her and another guy. Apparently everyone seems to know better that the people who actually worked on the case. No one thinking to the poor victim.
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Rebecca Vooght wrote:
I find this aricle quite accusing. It is totally undermining the Italian justice system. If that is how the justice sytem works in that country, who are we to judge? I believe that it was the right decision. She has lied,failed to show a shred of remorse and acted suspiciously. If you had nothing to hide why lie?
You say that Knox's DNA evidence is flimsy yet you say that Guede's is undoubtable, well surely if her's could be contiminated so could his? People feel uneasy and uncomfortable because it feels incomprehensible that a goodlooking(ish) young girl who acts well and has manners could do something like this, that's why it makes people uncomfortable.
I find it sad that Meredith and her family are being overshadowed by this.
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jayil london wrote:
Ian Dickson,
I have read comments in defence of Amanda Knox in the U.S media and I find majority of them using Straw man arguments, just like you.
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Mark S wrote:
A very brief summary of some of the most important evidence against Knox and Sollecito.
General and circumstantial evidence
- Alibis changed several times.
- Inconsistencies in alibis, which still remain.
- Alibis contradicted by 3 independent witnesses, and by analysis of computer hard drive.
- Witness saw them both outside cottage with knives that night.
- Cell phones switched off early in evening, contrary to normal habits.
- Break-in was faked, nobody but Knox and Sollecito had a motive.
- Washing machine was run on morning after murder, and cleanup attempted long after Guede had fled.
- Victim's injuries point to more than one attacker, as do footprints and witness hearing running feet.
- Highly improbable story of Knox showering in house on morning after murder, unworried by broken window, open door, blood stains, unflushed toilet.
- Lie by Sollecito about phone call from father that evening.
- Lie by Sollecito about Meredith being pricked with knife while cooking.
- Lie about what time they called the Carabanieri.
- Knox had knowledge about manner of victim's death even before the police knew.
- False accusation by Knox against Patrick. Knox told mother shortly afterwards that Patrick was innocent, but neither made any attempt to tell police or lawyers.
- Knox may have been on bad terms with victim.
Forensic evidence
- Knife with victim's DNA in Sollecito's apartment.
- Sollectio's DNA on victims bra, possibly Knox's DNA on victim's bra.
- Knox's blood mixed with victim's blood: in bathroom (3 places), hallway, room with faked break-in.
- Footprints compatible with Knox, made in blood in hallway, cleaned after murder, revealed with luminol.
- Footprint in victim's blood compatible with Sollecito on bathmat.
- Print of woman's shoe compatible with Knox's shoe size (not victim's) under victim's body.
- A number of forensic experts called by the defence were unable to dent the prosecution case.
and remember that Italians don't fry people so we don't need any lessons from Americans
She is guilty. It's not my opinion but the Italian court senteced her and she will serve 26 years bihind bars. That's the news. What I cannot stand is Maria Cantwell and Hilary Clinton position. They attack the entire Italian system of justice just because a whithe girls comes from upper class was found guilty. I personally agree with Lucio... Italians don't have dead penality... If Amanda was black and poor in Usa a judge would send her straight to the elettric chair!
I wrote a post on my blog regard this point
if you want have a look
www.overlooklondon.blogspot.com
every comments is appreciated
Clelia
You know about the single thing, and the no/no for drinking & smoking.. Years ago on my myspace page it said I was wasn't sure of my sexuality. I am straight. It was a mistake. Also, she might have just not changed it when she got into the relationship. Most people don't change that stuff as often- they focus on the other parts of the page.
I think its ridiculous that you're using a girls myspace page to further implicate her in a crime that she most likely did not commit. And if you really think she did commit the murder, I suggest you come up with some more information to prove her guilty than some missing information on her Myspace page.
Cause I can guarantee all of you people are older than I am, but this all looks a bit immature to me.