The break-in is staged. Filomina's things were thrown on the floor, including the laptop, and the glass was on top of those items. Even Nina Burleigh seems to mention the glass on top of the items that were thrown onto the floor in Filomina's bedroom. The obvious way to break-in is over the balcony and in through the kitchen window. Guede had broken into the lawyer's office going over the balcony and in through the French doors. Two other break-ins into the cottage were done by someone climbing over the balcony and entering through the kitchen window. Since there are no signs of a true break-in, Guede must have entered through the front door.
Knox is now known for making poor decisions. When advised by her mother and aunt to immediately leave the country, she didn't listen. When interviewed about her activities on the night of the murder, she lied. In her email to the University and 25 others, she re-wrote the facts to describe what she should have done, not what she did. While waiting at the police station for Sollecito to answer questions, she flipped cartwheels and had to be told to "cut it out". Ater two hours of questioning, she accused an innocent man of murder. When trying to explain her false accusation, she claimed she was deprived of the necessities of life and beaten for 54 hours. When on trial for murder, she treated the process like a joke.
The only pic I have is from here:
http://www.injusticeinperugia.org/Prosecutionscase.html
So he went up that grating? He threw a rock didn't he? So did he climb up with a rock? Because it's 15 feet high, right?
If that's the case then maybe he did enter through the faulty front door, but he had a rock on him already. Meredith comes home, locks them both in. He attempts to flee, can't open the front door, and goes to the closest room to escape... knocks things around in the dark, and throws a rock at the window to break it, then realizes how high the window is just as Meredith confronts him. No facts to back that up, just another thought.
As for Knox's poor decisions, prior to Perugia it's my opinion that most people would allow Knox to babysit their kids and almost no one would let Rudy babysit their kids.
In the last few days <modsnip> downplaying Guede's past, almost like he's just a typical nice kid like any other. Like his life and the decisions he had made, thus far, was equivalent to Amanda's and Raffaelle's. It also seems, <modsnip>, like there is an argument being presented that he WASN'T the murderer.
I knew plenty of people in college who sang inappropriately, told false stories to make themselves look better, and got in trouble with cops because of loud parties. I didn't know anyone who broke into houses, and whose adoptive (or even biological) family disowned them for lying.
I concede the point that Amanda has made poor decisions. I think the ones you stated above are skewed. point by point 1) It wasn't stupid to stay, it was stupid not to lawyer up. 2) I don't know that her email was wrong. I think it matches with her explanations up until the 6th, with a few murky areas that I think are typical memory problems (exact sequencing issues) 3) Amanda was known to do yoga at all hours and in all places and to inappropriately do it in the presence of Filomena. Yes, bad judgement. 4) After two hours of questioning, on the 5th day of questioning, and after 4 days of previous questioning, and after being told there was solid proof that she was at the murder scene and other things of which we will never know the exact details for certain, she accused an innocent man of whom the poice were suspicious because of a text on her phone. 5) I don't think she claimed she was "deprived of the necessities of life and beaten for 54 hours." I googled this, and the only person who I could find who said this was you in websleuths. Back as early as #6 thread. Google showed Amanda's mother said she was questioned for 54 hours over 91 hours. Amanda's mom said Amanda was deprived of food and water. Amanda did say she was whacked on the head. She did not say "beaten." 6) As for treating the process like a joke, I think she has made some poor decisions during the trial, but I have seen far worse. She did not appear TO ME to treat it like a joke. It appeared TO ME that she inappropriately tried to maintain a "positive sunny attitude" in the face of a bad situation.
I know that it's easy for all of us to start spinning the story to match our beliefs (i.e. "positive sunny attitude" written above). But Guede was in clear trouble, and in fact, he is a murderer. I think we all believe he wielded a knife and at least attempted to sexually assault Meredith. That IS who he is.
I can logically understand asking how someone can believe Guede guilty and AK and RS innocent.
I don't get it when the facts implicating RS and AK are stated as clear and obvious, followed up by stating the facts proving Guede guilty are not clear and obvious.
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