Amanda Knox tried for the murder of Meredith Kercher in Italy *NEW TRIAL*#11

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3 court dates left:

Tomorrow Sollecito will be in court with his attorney Bongiorno

for the defense summation

Thurs Jan 9 Sollecito - Defense Summation
Thurs Jan 16 - Rebuttals/Last Statements
Mon Jan 20 - Jury Deliberations and Verdict
 
  • #322
Clothes and things on the bed are Filomena's deed. Also, she has a habit of storing things on the floor. It's clear in her testimony - she kept her laptop on the floor, and also the branded handbags that can be seen. So yes, it's conceivable to me the bag that is on the floor had been left there by Filomena.

In her testimony she lists and repeats the elements of the 'chaos' in the room:
The pile of stuff under the wardrobe, the computer that was overturned and covered with glass, glass on the floor next to the pile of clothes. She never says there was glass on top of the clothes that fell of the shelf.


I attached a detailed photo of the table and the nightstand. Chaotic, isn't it? Staged? I don't think so. Look, there's even the bottle that you mistakenly remembered as lying on the floor. Tricks of the mind...

The trash can is overflowing in the photo. I guess the stagers wanted to make Filomena look messy...:floorlaugh:

Would you argue the stagers placed all the stuff on the tables to make it look messy? What about the bag full of clothes on the floor? Where does it come from? Where were the shoes initially that the stagers staged on the floor? I simply don't see any place for all this stuff anywhere. I know however that Filomena kept things on the floor.



I don't think there was rummaging. I think Guede while stepping into the room got caught in the hanging freely cable and tripped on some stuff that was filling the space on the floor under the window.

Who knows, maybe that unnerved him enough that he had to go to the loo quickly. Michael gave some very compelling sources about such behavior of burglars.



I think it's possible that when the rock hit shutter, the shutter hit the open wardrobe door. There was quite a force, enough to embed pieces of glass in the solid wood after all.

Possibly Guede grabbed the open ardrobe door that was just in his hand's reach when he tripped on Filomena's handbags and shoes that were on the floor.


I believe you're wrong :)



That's about right.



There's no glass on the things that fell from the shelf. Just look at the photos you attached. Filomena, too, says there was glass to the right of that pile and on her computer which was already on the floor when the glass broke.



In other words, the undeniable facts favor my argument. Isn't it a good thing?


Well, I explained it. I hope others do see :)

:facepalm: What can I say, if my aunt had a mustache, she would be my uncle :seeya:

-yes, a laptop/computer is not an odd thing to keep on a floor in a cramped space. I do not think that makes someone a slob. It's one thing to keep things under a table, especially in a cramped space. There is not that much storgage space for her things, obviously. Why would she waste the whole space underneath her table? That is quite different from a bag right in the middle of her room, from clothes being dumped on the floor all around the wardrobe, from papers lying randomly around which would take 1 second to pick up. Also the bed, so was she spending every night at her boyfriend's place, or else where did she sleep on the bed with all the stuff on it all the time?

-"In her testimony she lists and repeats the elements of the 'chaos' in the room"....yes exactly, she thinks it was chaotic. Why would she not just say, "oh no, actually my room is like that all the time, only the clothes underneath the wardrobe are out of place." Did she say that? It was her room, not yours and not mine. I am not about to say that I know more about how Filomena normally kept her room than Filomena herself, when I have not ever stepped one foot in it, never seen it, never been close to it, only seen some pics of it, that's all.

These are excerpts from Massei report:

'when she returned to the house, she saw that in her own room, the window was broken and "everything was all over the place..." (p. 40)' p.53

'One last aspect which bears repeating is the presence, noted and checked by several witnesses, of pieces of glass on top of the objects and clothing in Romanelli's room.' p.53

Filomena said: '"It was really a stupid burglar; not only did he not take anything, the broken glass was actually on top of the things" (p. 41)' p.53

'also the declarations of the assistant Fabio Marsi should be recalled. He declared that he observed "that there were clothes and other personal items on the floor with glass on top of them and the rock which, presumably, had broken the window" (p. 127 hearing Feb. 6, 2009);' p.54

And the Massei report makes clear that the photos were taken at a later time than when the witnesses saw Filomena's room, because at that time there was no need to take pictures as it was not a murder investigation and no body had been found yet.

-No, the table does not look staged. The nightstand is probably not, either, but again I am not sure. I believe whoever did it, what they did is dump the clothes on the floor and around, and strew (sp?) around stuff on the floor. I believe they were mainly focusing on the wardrobe and the floor, to make it look like someone was going through stuff. The table is pretty much there, as in you can see everything on the table/nightstand just from looking at it. So what need would a "burglar" have to go through stuff they can already see clearly with their own eyes what all is there? For example, is he going to move the water bottle to see what may be hding underneath the water bottle?

Another thing is, maybe the stagers did not want to touch things like tables, which would be easier to test for DNA/forensics. Thus they didn't mess with the tables, and perhaps thought they already looked rummaged-through as is, thus no need to do extra stuff to it. And risk deposting fingerprints or other evidence on the tables. I also note the white color of the tables.

-I didn't notice the trash can, I will look again when I hit reply on this post.

-the tables I have already discussed. I believe the rest of the things were probably stored underneath the table. I definately don't think the boots were stored in the way we see them in the pictures. Nor the bag fallen down with stuff coming out of it. Nor the brown purse/bag smack dab in the middle of the room (I guess Filomena thought that is the new thing in interior decorating - leave a purse in the middle of your floor?). Nor the papers. As I've already said, I don't believe the clothes fell out of the wardrobe. Also the stuff on the bed, IMO, looks staged. Clothes on the end of the bed in a clump looks like someone dumped them there from the wardrobe.

-I don't think Guede tripping over would have caused things to land in the positions they did. The brown bag in the middle of the floor, IIRC, isn't tipped over. So the papers flew all the way over next to the bed? And why were there just two papers in that whole "pile o' junk?" I don't think that's what happened, MOO.

-I think that for the clothes to have fallen out, the wardrobe would have had to tip over significantly, thus that it would be going against the force of gravity to move back to it's original standing position. I don't think there was enough to cause such a big rocking motion. I think the wardrobe would have just fallen all the way over. For the clothes to have dumped out, it would mean the wardrobe would have to be sufficiently at an angle. If the clothes were over-stuffed, as you claim, that would actually make it harder for clothes to fall out, because they would be stuffed and thus more stuck inside the shelves. It would actually mean it would take much more force to knock them out. So I don't think anything from the force of the rock on the shutter, or anything else, would have made enough rocking motion for the wardrobe to tip over for clothes to fall out, and then rock back to its original position.
Guede grabbing on to any wardrobe door to "catch himself" would have caused the wardrobe to fall over, IMO.

-Well, IMO, the wardrobe and the physical action of breaking and entering through the window have nothing to do with each other. The physical actions involved, IMO, do not affect the wardrobe.

-Re;Glass on top of things, please see my excerpts from above.

-The physical placement of two things relatively close to each other do not necessarily connect them, so no I don't agree that the "undeniable facts favor (your) argument." In that case, Amanda's room is next to Filomena's, can I say that the "undeniable facts" that their rooms are next to each other means that Amanda killed Meredith? You know, because obviously their rooms are next to each other so I can just connect the two just like that. snap fingers, done.

-The last part with the facepalm and your aunt and uncle....ok. I still do not believe the thud of a rock would have caused the wardrobe to tilt forward enough to throw the clothes off, with a lot of force to knock out over-stuffed clothes, then rock itself back into its place. Instead of just falling over.
 
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As I understand it, the latest prosecution theory is that there was an argument over poop/cleanliness/partying that led directly to Meredith's murder. A previous prosecution theory involved a "sex game" gone wrong. In my opinion neither of those theories requires that Amanda deliberately planned over an extended period of time to harm Meredith. As I understand it, your theory does require such planning on Amanda's part. In my opinion, your theory suggests a level of cunning and manipulative evil that not even the prosecutor's have dared to propose.
Just my 0.02

But I believe SMK's theory, IIUIC, is that Amanda just wanted Rudy to go in there and take some things. I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, SMK. So that would not require planning a murder or planning any physical harm to Meredith.
 
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But I believe SMK's theory, IIUIC, is that Amanda just wanted Rudy to go in there and take some things. I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, SMK. So that would not require planning a murder or planning any physical harm to Meredith.
I don't think such theory makes any sense. Why would she want him to rob her own place? What if Guede took Amanda's laptop?
 
  • #325
I don't such theory makes any sense. Why would she want to rob her own place? What if Guede took Amanda's laptop?
I meant is as a sort of impromptu thing, based on maybe a present anger (assuming - as I do - that there may have been an altercation on the afternoon of Nov 1)--- allowing him access to get the rent money or whatever. In any case, the prosecution theory has the 2 defendants with a far greater degree of culpability and malice than does mine.
 
  • #326
3 court dates left:

Tomorrow Sollecito will be in court with his attorney Bongiorno

for the defense summation

Thurs Jan 9 Sollecito - Defense Summation
Thurs Jan 16 - Rebuttals/Last Statements
Mon Jan 20 - Jury Deliberations and Verdict

I hope Raffaele's lawyers will do terrific job tomorrow. The Kerchers deserve the real truth and real closure, not the ever changing lurid fantasies of the prosecution. I hope they will realize some day how Perugian authorities abused their trust and used them.

And of course Raffaele and Amanda deserve justice, freedom and recognition of their innocence.
 
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But I believe SMK's theory, IIUIC, is that Amanda just wanted Rudy to go in there and take some things. I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, SMK. So that would not require planning a murder or planning any physical harm to Meredith.
Yes, correct :loveyou:
 
  • #328
I meant is as a sort of impromptu thing, based on maybe a present anger (assuming - as I do - that there may have been an altercation on the afternoon of Nov 1)--- allowing him access to get the rent money or whatever. In any case, the prosecution theory has the 2 defendants with a far greater degree of culpability and malice than does mine.

And the truth is they are absolutely innocent. I take the truth over other theories :)
 
  • #329
I hope Raffaele's lawyers will do terrific job tomorrow. The Kerchers deserve the real truth and real closure, not the ever changing lurid fantasies of the prosecution. I hope they will realize some day how Perugian authorities abused their trust and used them.

And of course Raffaele and Amanda deserve justice, freedom and recognition of their innocence.
I hope Bongiorno does a stronger job than did Knox's attorneys: They seemed scattered and not so strong as they ought to have been.
 
  • #330
But I believe SMK's theory, IIUIC, is that Amanda just wanted Rudy to go in there and take some things. I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, SMK. So that would not require planning a murder or planning any physical harm to Meredith.

OK, to this point: I have never seen or read or heard about any behavior of Amanda's in her life up until the murder that would indicate vindictiveness or the kind of retaliation that comes from hurt feelings or neediness. This is why I don't go along with this scenario.

There are a lot of habits or feelings attributed to her by the press and court and observers here, but no support for the attributions. From actual descriptions of the way she lived and what she did, she seems to me like somewhat of an overachiever, a hard worker, team player, not exceptionally talented in any way, mildly insecure as many teenagers are, in good relationships with her sister, mother and a few close friends. Her overwhelming desire in her own words and by her actions was to be independent, to be her own person.

This is not the kind of person who's going to be mortally offended at being told to keep the bathroom cleaner or by being left out of Halloween activities. IMO, a lot of the nasty "feelings" attributed to her but not backed up by witnesses come from believing her to be guilty, and needing to find some rationale for her to do this terrible thing.
 
  • #331
I don't such theory makes any sense. Why would she want to rob her own place? What if Guede took Amanda's laptop?

I would imagine she would have told him not to take anything too valuable of her own things.
 
  • #332
I would imagine she would have told him not to take anything too valuable of her own things.

She didn't even know where he lived or his name. He was never in the upstairs flat. I guess she would have to explain which things are hers and than pray he won't just disappear with 4 laptops. Mmmm... Nope. I still don't see any sense in it.
 
  • #333
OK, to this point: I have never seen or read or heard about any behavior of Amanda's in her life up until the murder that would indicate vindictiveness or the kind of retaliation that comes from hurt feelings or neediness. This is why I don't go along with this scenario.

There are a lot of habits or feelings attributed to her by the press and court and observers here, but no support for the attributions. From actual descriptions of the way she lived and what she did, she seems to me like somewhat of an overachiever, a hard worker, team player, not exceptionally talented in any way, mildly insecure as many teenagers are, in good relationships with her sister, mother and a few close friends. Her overwhelming desire in her own words and by her actions was to be independent, to be her own person.

This is not the kind of person who's going to be mortally offended at being told to keep the bathroom cleaner or by being left out of Halloween activities. IMO, a lot of the nasty "feelings" attributed to her but not backed up by witnesses come from believing her to be guilty, and needing to find some rationale for her to do this terrible thing.
Absolutely, I agree. This is why I base my theory on 2 things:

1. As a lesser degree of the case for guilt; as a midway point between guilt and absolute innocence
2. In my theory Amanda's motives would be masked in trivial, daily anger, but absolutely not based in such. There would be deeper motives, psychological ones, leftover from childhood - and MK would only be a stand in for other figures.

But let's drop the matter: My theory will never be argued in court.:giggle:
 
  • #334
She didn't even know where he lived or his name. He was never in the upstairs flat. I guess she would have to explain which things are hers and than pray he won't just disappear with 4 laptops. Mmmm... Nope. I still don't see any sense in it.
I think I do, because this scenario happened in real life in my family. I am basing it on this. (a family member gave a petty criminal access to our house to rob, and it went much further than they had bargained)
 
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I think I do, because this scenario happened in real life in my family. I am basing it on this. (a family member gave a petty criminal access to our house to rob, and it went much further than they had bargained)

Did the family member live there? Was he or she sane and adult or a kid?
 
  • #336
OK, to this point: I have never seen or read or heard about any behavior of Amanda's in her life up until the murder that would indicate vindictiveness or the kind of retaliation that comes from hurt feelings or neediness. This is why I don't go along with this scenario.

There are a lot of habits or feelings attributed to her by the press and court and observers here, but no support for the attributions. From actual descriptions of the way she lived and what she did, she seems to me like somewhat of an overachiever, a hard worker, team player, not exceptionally talented in any way, mildly insecure as many teenagers are, in good relationships with her sister, mother and a few close friends. Her overwhelming desire in her own words and by her actions was to be independent, to be her own person.

This is not the kind of person who's going to be mortally offended at being told to keep the bathroom cleaner or by being left out of Halloween activities. IMO, a lot of the nasty "feelings" attributed to her but not backed up by witnesses come from believing her to be guilty, and needing to find some rationale for her to do this terrible thing.

Well, it is just a theory. Just like the supporters of her innocence think that the prosecution's whole case is "just a theory," so this is like another theory.

So it's not okay to attribute negative characteristics to her, only positive ones?

"From actual descriptions of the way she lived and what she did, she seems to me like somewhat of an overachiever, a hard worker, team player, not exceptionally talented in any way, mildly insecure as many teenagers are, in good relationships with her sister, mother and a few close friends. Her overwhelming desire in her own words and by her actions was to be independent, to be her own person."
I am not going to ask for any specific references to that, because I realize that it is an acculmulation of things you have read, and I am not about to go and ask you to take the time to reference each point. But likewise, some opinions I may have formed are the result of the overall effect of different things I've read, which I can't point to specific refereces of. It is an accumulation.

Such as, I have noticed that she lies to get out of things. MOO. I have noticed a lot of little lies, not only some big lie. Little lie to get out of this, little lie to get out of that. Throughout the case, and in her book. MOO. I don't think this is just a sudden thing having come about from this case. I think it would be a somewhat subtle pattern in her life, which leads me to........

the point of, we do not know what her family knows about her. Many people can be upstanding citizens, do all the right things, etc.., in public, but then have sides, or issues, to them, which only the closest few know about. I would think her immediate family, as in Mom, sisters, and Dad would be aware of these issues if there are.

Of course, they are not going to say anything in public. Of course, they believe some issues she might have would have nothing to do with this case, or they are independent of what she is going through right now. But they are not neutral, they have clear bias towards Amanda, just like the Kerchers' will have clear bias towards Meredith, it's only natural.

I make another comparison to Jodi Arias case, where even with all the media attention, we have not heard anything about any past issues she might have had, personality-wise, lying-wise, playing-the-victim-wise, getting out of things-wise, etc., etc.. Does that mean she did not have any? No, I don't believe so. It's just that those who know about it, obviously aren't going to talk about it. And she probably did not show her issues in front of her friends, so they might not even know about it. She probably appeared completely normal to everyone. Only the family would know, IMO.

Yet we saw over and over in Jodi's case, little lies here and there to get out of this and get out of that. Lies made up on the spot. Like no big deal. Like it has been a pattern for her throughout her life.

And yet, we have heard nothing negative about her past.

People with issues no matter how small or how big, and everyone has them, they don't normally show it to the outside world, such as school friends, sports teams, etc..
 
  • #337
Did the family member live there? Was he or she sane and adult or a kid?
Yes, he was a college-aged adult, an honor student, living in the home where he and our mother resided. And he gave a Rudy Guede type (nice young black guy, very smart, but a druggie and criminal) information as to how to get in there, on a certain night etc. But our mother was home (she wasn't supposed to be) , and it became a rape and near-fatal assault. The only reason I mention it is because it was real for me, and I can see it becoming real for others.
 
  • #338
I would also like to add that I have seen statistics somewhere, I can't remember where, maybe it was in the Arias case, where it said that personality issues usually "come to a head" in the 20's....by the thirties and onwards, it is usually that the disorder does not display itself in a violent or I guess, a form where it is actually very destructive.

Meaning that, there might be some issue through childhood and adolescence, but it is more reserved and sort of an undercurrent in your personality. However, in the 20's, I guess with the hormones and all, this is the peak time when it can sort of, show itself in a destructive way. Then it goes back down again in the 30's and onwards.
 
  • #339
Yes, he was a college-aged adult, an honor student, living in the home where he and our mother resided. And he gave a Rudy Guede type (nice young black guy, very smart, but a druggie and criminal) information as to how to get in there, on a certain night etc. But our mother was home (she wasn't supposed to be) , and it became a rape and near-fatal assault. The only reason I mention it is because it was real for me, and I can see it becoming real for others.

I still find it hard to believe, I wonder what kind of evidence was there to such course of events. Anyway, if true, it seems some dysfunction was in play that goes far beyond grudges between flatmates. Especially that by all accounts the flatmates got along fine.
 
  • #340
I would also like to add that I have seen statistics somewhere, I can't remember where, maybe it was in the Arias case, where it said that personality issues usually "come to a head" in the 20's....by the thirties and onwards, it is usually that the disorder does not display itself in a violent or I guess, a form where it is actually very destructive.

Meaning that, there might be some issue through childhood and adolescence, but it is more reserved and sort of an undercurrent in your personality. However, in the 20's, I guess with the hormones and all, this is the peak time when it can sort of, show itself in a destructive way. Then it goes back down again in the 30's and onwards.

The only problem is that there never was any personality disorder or we would have heard about in court.
 
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