One morning in early November 2007, police in the beautiful Italian city
of Perugia made a gruesome discovery. The body of a young English
exchange student from the University of Leeds, Meredith Kercher, was
found under a blood-soaked duvet in her room in the small cottage she
shared with other students. Her throat had been cut. Meredith's flatmate
Amanda Knox, an American also studying in Italy, initially gave evidence
that implicated Patrick Lumumba, the owner of a local bar, and he was
arrested. However, Knox changed her storyclaiming her memory had been
affected by smoking cannabisand another man, local drifter Rudy Guede,
was arrested, charged with murder and, after a "fast track" trial, found
guilty. But the story didn't end with Guede's conviction. What was
Amanda Knox's role on the night of the murder? Prosecutors suspected
that Guede, Knox and her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito had killed
Meredith in a perverted sexual game that went too far. With allegations
of inaccurate forensic evidence, police brutality, blackmail, and even
devil-worship, the trial was destined to be a long and complex affair.
Top true-crime author Gary C. King presents the whole story behind the
real-life courtroom drama that has made headlines around the world."
