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Amanda Knox: A Complete Timeline of Her Italian Murder Case and Trial
In late , the eyes of the world were drawn to the Italian city of Perugia after the gruesome murder of a foreign exchange student and twisted tales of sex games gone wrong emerged from its picturesque facade of steep mountain streets and centuries-old buildings.
Meredith Kercher, a year-old from Surrey, England, was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death, with her year-old American roommate, Amanda Knox, and Knox’s boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, emerging as primary suspects.
Although all conclusive physical evidence pointed elsewhere, Italian prosecutors focused on the alleged wrongdoings of University of Washington student Knox, whose MySpace nickname of “Foxy Knoxy” spawned countless stories of her being a promiscuous maneater.
Knox and Sollecito were eventually acquitted of the killing, but only after they were twice convicted and spent years in jail.
Despite Knox’s hope of fully clearing her name and m