The Amanda Knox Case Unraveled

A young student was murdered in Italy. The investigation blamed her roommate

— then unraveled in front of the world. Meredith Kercher, a 21-year-old British

exchange student, was living in Perugia, Italy, when she was found murdered in her

shared apartment on November 2, 2007. Police quickly focused on Meredith’s American

roommate, Amanda Knox, and Knox’s Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito.

During a lengthy overnight interrogation, Knox signed statements placing herself at the apartment

on the night of the murder, later saying the confession was coerced. Italian prosecutors

accused Knox and Sollecito of participating in a violent group attack fueled by sex and drugs.