The 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, a British exchange student in Perugia, Italy, may be the most widely debated criminal case of the century. The victim’s American roommate, Amanda Knox, along with her Italian boyfriend and an Ivory Coast-born Perugia resident, were initially convicted of the murder. After serving four years in prison, Knox and her boyfriend were definitively acquitted on appeal.
But the case has continued to captivate the public’s attention, largely because of Knox's crusade denouncing both Italian investigators and international news coverage.
Acclaimed investigative journalist Antonio Iovane, who covered the original case, long believed that the full truth had never been revealed. To discover it required going beyond the public obsession with Knox, speaking to those directly involved and pursuing the evidence wherever it might lead.
What really happened that night in Perugia in 2007? This exclusive, seven-part podcast series is Iovane’s singular quest for the truth.
Murder in Perugia is a co-production of OnePodcast and Worldcrunch
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The 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, a British exchange student in Perugia, Italy, may be the most widely debated criminal case of the century. The victim’s American roommate, Amanda Knox, along with her Italian boyfriend and an Ivory Coast-born Perugia resident, were initially convicted of the murder. After serving four years in prison, Knox and her boyfriend were definitively acquitted on appeal.
But the case has continued to captivate the public’s attention, largely because of Knox's crusade denouncing both Italian investigators and international news coverage.
Acclaimed investigative journalist Antonio Iovane, who covered the original case, long believed that the full truth had never been revealed. To discover it required going beyond the public obsession with Knox, speaking to those directly involved and pursuing the evidence wherever it might lead.
What really happened that night in Perugia in 2007? This exclusive, seven-part podcast series is Iovane’s singular quest for the truth.
Murder in Perugia is a co-production of OnePodcast and Worldcrunch
Amanda Knox tells investigators that Meredith's killer was Patrick Lumumba, the Congolese-born owner of the the Perugia pub Le Chic, where Knox works. The Seattle student recounts that on the night of the murder, Patrick had gone to the house on Via della Pergola and had sex with Meredith. Then Amanda had heard screams coming from her English friend's room. "He killed her," Knox tells police.
Lumumba is arrested, and the Italian authorities announce to the world that they have solved the case. But soon after, it becomes clear that Lumumba has a rock-solid alibi. Amanda Knox’s story is false, and there begin to many clues that appear to incriminate her. She is arrested, and with her, her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, who also had contradicted himself to police several times in his reconstructions of events. The story, however, is far from over: soon, another suspect will wind up in handcuffs.
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Murder in Perugia: The truth about Amanda Knox
The 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, a British exchange student in Perugia, Italy, may be the most widely debated criminal case of the century. The victim’s American roommate, Amanda Knox, along with her Italian boyfriend and an Ivory Coast-born Perugia resident, were initially convicted of the murder. After serving four years in prison, Knox and her boyfriend were definitively acquitted on appeal.
But the case has continued to captivate the public’s attention, largely because of Knox's crusade denouncing both Italian investigators and international news coverage.
Acclaimed investigative journalist Antonio Iovane, who covered the original case, long believed that the full truth had never been revealed. To discover it required going beyond the public obsession with Knox, speaking to those directly involved and pursuing the evidence wherever it might lead.
What really happened that night in Perugia in 2007? This exclusive, seven-part podcast series is Iovane’s singular quest for the truth.
Murder in Perugia is a co-production of OnePodcast and Worldcrunch
