Wow, how's this for a suspicious story from Kokamani: (after he faced down Amanda and Raffaelle)
I kept driving on being very frightened and thinking that they were quite dangerous, but I came to a crossroads just beyond the cottage where a van had broken down with a man, woman and child aboard. I had to back up and stopped near some rubbish bins to let them maneuver it out of the way. Rudy caught up to me and said, “hey man, I know you. You’re the guy from Agriturismo. Don’t you remember me?” At that point I recognized him as a guy who used to come to Agriturismo where I once worked as a waiter. I used to jokingly call him 'cousin' because my cousin is called Rudy.
I asked Rudy if he knew the other two saying they were crazy and that the young woman had a knife in her hand. He told me that there was a birthday party and that it was for cutting the cake and that, after all, it was none of my business. I was there with him for about 2 or 3 minutes and I thought I heard noises, like wood banging/being hit. Rudy said it was from the party and then asked me if I could loan him my car because he needed to move some furniture, first offering 100, then 200, and finally 250 Euro. I said no because I didn't trust him, though I could use some cash. Instead, I offered to help him move furniture stuff but during the day when it was light. He countered by asking me come back the following evening around 11pm. This extremely sounded odd and I became convinced that Rudy was stalling; trying to keep me there talking with him until all other cars in the area were gone, leaving me there alone there among 3 lunatics.
At that time I saw Raffaele in my rear view wing-mirror running up from the back with another knife, shorter than the one the Amanda had but wider with a pointed tip. I recognized that knife later in the photos in the papers. I took off, but Raffaele followed me almost to the traffic lights in Piazza Grimana, where he finally turned around. He seemed to be wearing something dark and wide at the top. I headed straight to a bar in Elce, but it was closed, and then to a cafe where I found some Albanian friends of mine. I told them I'd seen some crazy Italians with knives but they didn't want to hear about it and told me to drop it. I tried to show them the bad, dark photos I took, but they told me to forget about it because if I called the police it would only create problems for them. I later learned that a girl had been killed in the cottage with the garden where I ran into Rudy, Amanda, and Raffaele. I then saw pictures of Amanda and Raffaele in the paper and recognized them without a shadow of doubt as the knife wielding young man and woman who confronted me in my car. I didn't speak to anyone about this for a long time thereafter out of fear.
NOTE:
Kokomani knows about the broken down car and who specifically was in it. He states he was there. He gives a reason to excuse his car being parked there for no good reason. He confirms he knows Rudy from work, and he has been known to call him "cousin." He gives a reason to be seen talking with Rudy for several minutes. He states that he was in need of money. He states he took photos from that night. He states that he went to a cafe afterwards where he talked to some Albanian friends and said only that he saw some crazy Italians with knives (didn't specify Rudy, who he knew, and didn't state it was a man and a woman). He didn't come forward with this story until much later...
Wow.
EDITED TO ADD: I'm also noting that he is placing Amanda and Raffaelle out of the range of the CCTV camera and threatening him with knives. And that his testimony is coming after the news started showing the CCTV footage, which presumably had his car parked in frame.
I kept driving on being very frightened and thinking that they were quite dangerous, but I came to a crossroads just beyond the cottage where a van had broken down with a man, woman and child aboard. I had to back up and stopped near some rubbish bins to let them maneuver it out of the way. Rudy caught up to me and said, “hey man, I know you. You’re the guy from Agriturismo. Don’t you remember me?” At that point I recognized him as a guy who used to come to Agriturismo where I once worked as a waiter. I used to jokingly call him 'cousin' because my cousin is called Rudy.
I asked Rudy if he knew the other two saying they were crazy and that the young woman had a knife in her hand. He told me that there was a birthday party and that it was for cutting the cake and that, after all, it was none of my business. I was there with him for about 2 or 3 minutes and I thought I heard noises, like wood banging/being hit. Rudy said it was from the party and then asked me if I could loan him my car because he needed to move some furniture, first offering 100, then 200, and finally 250 Euro. I said no because I didn't trust him, though I could use some cash. Instead, I offered to help him move furniture stuff but during the day when it was light. He countered by asking me come back the following evening around 11pm. This extremely sounded odd and I became convinced that Rudy was stalling; trying to keep me there talking with him until all other cars in the area were gone, leaving me there alone there among 3 lunatics.
At that time I saw Raffaele in my rear view wing-mirror running up from the back with another knife, shorter than the one the Amanda had but wider with a pointed tip. I recognized that knife later in the photos in the papers. I took off, but Raffaele followed me almost to the traffic lights in Piazza Grimana, where he finally turned around. He seemed to be wearing something dark and wide at the top. I headed straight to a bar in Elce, but it was closed, and then to a cafe where I found some Albanian friends of mine. I told them I'd seen some crazy Italians with knives but they didn't want to hear about it and told me to drop it. I tried to show them the bad, dark photos I took, but they told me to forget about it because if I called the police it would only create problems for them. I later learned that a girl had been killed in the cottage with the garden where I ran into Rudy, Amanda, and Raffaele. I then saw pictures of Amanda and Raffaele in the paper and recognized them without a shadow of doubt as the knife wielding young man and woman who confronted me in my car. I didn't speak to anyone about this for a long time thereafter out of fear.
NOTE:
Kokomani knows about the broken down car and who specifically was in it. He states he was there. He gives a reason to excuse his car being parked there for no good reason. He confirms he knows Rudy from work, and he has been known to call him "cousin." He gives a reason to be seen talking with Rudy for several minutes. He states that he was in need of money. He states he took photos from that night. He states that he went to a cafe afterwards where he talked to some Albanian friends and said only that he saw some crazy Italians with knives (didn't specify Rudy, who he knew, and didn't state it was a man and a woman). He didn't come forward with this story until much later...
Wow.
EDITED TO ADD: I'm also noting that he is placing Amanda and Raffaelle out of the range of the CCTV camera and threatening him with knives. And that his testimony is coming after the news started showing the CCTV footage, which presumably had his car parked in frame.
