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Crime A Virtual Tour of Amanda Knox's Crime World
Posted by Charles Mudede on Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 12:22 PM
This is where the murder happened.
Down the the road is the basketball court frequented by Rudy Hermann Guede and the university (Universita per Stranieri, which translates to the University for Foreigners, or University of Strangers) briefly attended by Amanda. The basketball court, which is sunken and surrounded old and magnificent trees...
...and the university, which has an old and magnificent facade...
...Both are in Piazza Forterbraccio, which connects with Garibaldi, the street Raffaele Sollecito's lived on.
A few meters from Sollecito's apartment is the mouth of a tiny street, Eugubina, which ends with a wall and two opposed apartment buildings, one of which (on the right, if you are facing the wall) Rudy Hermann Guede lived in.
If you could walk into those bushes by the side house in the image, the place Amanda shared with (and murdered) the victim, Meredith Kercher, you'd most likely see a lot of needles on the ground. Perugia is pretty, but its drug problem is ugly. Needles, some with fresh blood on their tips, are on the ground of any place that offers even the slightest amount of cover from the main streets and plazas. But despite the drug problem, violence is rarely coupled with crime in this ancient university town. To use the words of the owner of Cedro Kebab, Ali: “The story is so big not only because we just cant say who killed Meredith, but it’s also big because this is a famous university town and it’s not the kind of place you expect a murder. Crime is not big here."
All of the talk about drugs having this and that to do with the murder is empty. This is a town of junkies, not of killers. The drug situation is one thing; the murder is another. In this crime, the two do not mix.
EDITOR'S NOTE: On October 3, 2011, Amanda Knox was acquitted of the murder of Meredith Kercher and released from prison.
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Yawn.. Charles just wants to go to Italy and have conjugal visits with Amanda as she screams his name in and other sexual things in Italian while they're fucking.
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@2, i have no desire for a murderer. amanda arouses me as much as that horse that killed the boeing engineer. i have no idea how anyone could have sex with a person who has blood on their hands.
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sorry, i meant at @3. but let me make myself clear to all: person who desires sex with a horse is much more normal than a person who desires sex with a murderer.
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How can you be so certain of her guilt in a case like this? Are you so certain of anything else in life?
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Charles: "If you could walk into those bushes by the side house in the image, the place Amanda shared with (and murdered) the victim, Meredith Kercher,"
So you think she participated, eh? I not so sure, but I wouldn't say she's definitely innocent, as all her defenders claim.
In any case, people bashing the Italian justice system should consider our justice system where 17 men on death row have been proven innocent, and freed, due to DNA evidence, and where a vicious murderer gets to walk free (and then later write a fucked-up book called "If I Did It") because he had the money to afford a top-notch defense which successfuly played the race card.
So you think she participated, eh? I not so sure, but I wouldn't say she's definitely innocent, as all her defenders claim.
In any case, people bashing the Italian justice system should consider our justice system where 17 men on death row have been proven innocent, and freed, due to DNA evidence, and where a vicious murderer gets to walk free (and then later write a fucked-up book called "If I Did It") because he had the money to afford a top-notch defense which successfuly played the race card.
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@7, I don't mean that you should be turned on by a possible murderer, I was referring to you constantly discussing the case as fact and certainty (I see no uncertainty in your posts) instead of as court verdict: ie, "shared with (and murdered)", etc. A guilty verdict does not make something so.
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Always turn to Charles for the Deep Thoughts:
"Perugia is pretty, but its drug problem is ugly."
Wow.
"Perugia is pretty, but its drug problem is ugly."
Wow.
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"This is a town of junkies, not of killers."
This is the funniest statement in this entire article.
This is the funniest statement in this entire article.
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Confluence @1: Yes, Charles is obsessed with this girl. In fact, he's been obsessed with her for years now, which explains most of the wisecracks you commented about yesterday. But you're new here, you're forgiven.
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Regardless of your stance of the quality of the coverage, it makes absolute sense that the Stranger continue covering this story, given the local connection and extraordinary global fascination.
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After the verdict, I was thinking, "Thank God the trial is over, and there won't be anymore creepy stalker posts on Slog". Now I long for the 5 minutes of serenity back.
And Charles, if you thing that wanting sex with a horse is more normal than wanting sex with a convicted murderer, then I have to wonder if you've ever seen a horse 'gina. Because, really, that is no place any human penis wants to be in.
And Charles, if you thing that wanting sex with a horse is more normal than wanting sex with a convicted murderer, then I have to wonder if you've ever seen a horse 'gina. Because, really, that is no place any human penis wants to be in.
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I would find Charles more interesting if he could write and make sense. He should go back to blowing guys at the bowling alley in Renton.
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Attractive, not attractive... Her participation in this horrid crime is the only thing that makes her interesting at all.
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If the Monster of Florence case/debacle is any legitimate barometer, than anything involving the prosecutor is highly suspect. How can you be certain of the outcome of a trial prosecuted by a man who sees witches everywhere?
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@21: well, then give her back her uninteresting life: she didn't participate. she just freaked under police pressure.
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"The drug situation is one thing; the murder is another. In this crime, the two do not mix."
In America alcohol was a factor in 40% of violent crime. Drugs only around 5%.
In America alcohol was a factor in 40% of violent crime. Drugs only around 5%.
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because alcohol use is more widespread. not because drug abuse is somehow less toxic to society...
because alcohol use is more widespread. not because drug abuse is somehow less toxic to society...
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If Amanda wasn't involved, then it's just a story of an African killing a white girl, a truth that Charles would rather not accept.
Again, Charles, you missed the real story here, but that shouldn't be surprising given that your journalism rarely ventures beyond the safety of your own fantasies.
Again, Charles, you missed the real story here, but that shouldn't be surprising given that your journalism rarely ventures beyond the safety of your own fantasies.
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geez, i was hoping to open a correspondence with amanda. i feel like those crazy women who crave mass murderers. i also like charles manson. i actually am not kidding. after figuring out 911 was an inside job and trying to get people to understand that...
i think my anti-social streak has been very very emphasized. the average person ...
i donīt have respect for them anymore.
i think my anti-social streak has been very very emphasized. the average person ...
i donīt have respect for them anymore.
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Charles Mudede you are flippen nut job! I hope your children are treated this horrific when they go away to college. Prosecutor Mignini fabricated the whole story and you are dumb enough to report on it. You should move to Italy and go suck off men!
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#3 "Prosecutor Mignini fabricated the whole story"
Oh! So there wasn't a murder?
Get real! Three people got sent down, as a result of a mountain of evidence, forensic and circumstantial. You may not believe the evidence, but the jury did. Disputing it by hurling homophobic insults, does nothing for your case.
Oh! So there wasn't a murder?
Get real! Three people got sent down, as a result of a mountain of evidence, forensic and circumstantial. You may not believe the evidence, but the jury did. Disputing it by hurling homophobic insults, does nothing for your case.
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Read TrueJustice.org & perugiamurderfile.org to get the true facts on this case.
American media is being held hostage by Amanda's family's PR team, which won't let her parents speak on any network unless they present ONLY the "Amanda is a railroaded innocent abroad" storyline.
Since such a salacious murder is too good "infotainment" to pass up, TV "news" will never cut off their source of income by going against Amanda's PR team.
It's the innocent American viewing public that's being conned!
American media is being held hostage by Amanda's family's PR team, which won't let her parents speak on any network unless they present ONLY the "Amanda is a railroaded innocent abroad" storyline.
Since such a salacious murder is too good "infotainment" to pass up, TV "news" will never cut off their source of income by going against Amanda's PR team.
It's the innocent American viewing public that's being conned!
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TO MR. MUDEDE: Your appearance on an American TV show was my introduction to this case. I've since enjoyed reading your insightful comments on the subject, and wish that you'd write more. Here's hoping you won't make yourself scarce if ever the major US media outlets find the integrity to present something other than 'talking points' issued directly from the "Friends of Amanada" Propaganda machine.
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