Trial of the Century: The Story of Amanda Knox

An Alibi and A New Lead

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Amanda Knox had signed a confession stating that Patrick Lumumba was the killer and that she was present at the time of the murder, albeit in a different room. However, merely hours later she recanted her statement. By that point, the damage had been done and her employer was kept in custody for two weeks before providing an alibi.

The police then discovered bloody fingerprints at the scene which belonged to a local drifter, Rudy Guede. Guede, who alleges he knew he was going to be falsely implicated because he was black, fled to Germany where he was caught and brought back to Italy. The police believed that Knox, Sollecito, and Guede had committed the murder together, in a sex-game gone wrong.