Trial of the Century: The Story of Amanda Knox

Five-Day Interrogation

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The questioning of both Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito is was not without controversy. According to Knox, there was no interpreter present and she was subjected to verbal and physical abuse by detectives. Knox’s actions when she first arrived home were seen as a testament to her guilt by detectives Monia Napoleoni and Marco Chiacchiera.

Police couldn’t understand why Knox didn’t call the police straight away when she discovered bloodstains in the bathroom and were puzzled as to why she instead took a shower. Knox has said that police pressured her, convinced that she was protecting someone. “I wasn’t just stressed and pressurized,” she said. “I was manipulated.” It’s this supposed manipulation that led to Knox falsely stating that she had been at home during the time of the murder. She implied her employer, Patrick Lumumba, was the killer. Knox, Sollecito, and Lumumba were all arrested and charged with murder.