Meredith Kercher

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Meredith Kercher was a British student studying abroad in Perugia, Italy, in 2007. She was found murdered in her apartment, with her throat slit and partially nude. Her roommate, Amanda Knox, an American exchange student, and Knox's boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were arrested and subsequently convicted of the murder. The case garnered significant international media attention and was marked by a lengthy legal process involving appeals and retrials.12

Ultimately, Italy's highest court declared Knox and Sollecito innocent in 2015, citing substantial flaws in the investigation and a rush to judgment driven by intense media scrutiny. Rudy Hermann Guede, who had admitted to sexual contact with Kercher but denied killing her, was convicted separately for his role in the murder.12

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…brutal murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, in 2007. Knox’s story became a nearly decade-long media and legal drama that saw Knox and her boyfriend spend almost four years in prison for a crime that Italy’s highest court ultimately ruled they did not commit.
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