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British student, Meredith Kercher, was stabbed to death in Perugia, Italy on November 1, 2007. The exact cause or reasons which led to the homicide is still not completely known. Evidence from the crime scene points to three individuals involved with her murder: Raffaele Sollecito, Rudy Guede and Amanda Knox. Meredith’s mother Arline Kercher has stated, “I think it happened to Meredith because she was all that they weren’t.” Before and after the murder, Amanda Knox showed tendencies of being competitive and possibly even obsessed with Meredith Kercher. Knox seems to compete with Meredith in life and death. Amanda Knox has attempted to ‘outfox’ Meredith over men, music videos, and career. On top of all of this Knox has taunted Meredith’s family by mainstream media outlets and has seemingly approved of her supporters harassing the Kerchers via social media.

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Amanda Knox ex-beau distances himself from her as he returns to court next month

December 19, 2014August 18, 2015 truecrimespodcast

January 22,2015 Amanda Knox‘s former paramour, Raffaele Sollecito, will be going back to court to face defamation charges because of what he wrote in his book Honor Bound. It’s being reported that Sollecito and his ghost-writer, Andrew Gumbel will have ” . . to answer for the crimes of aggravated defamation and contempt for having seriously offended the work of the judiciary, Dr. Mignini and the State Police.” This trial is separate from the Supreme court’s final ruling regarding the murder of Meredith Kercher in March 2015.

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Team Amanda Knox Twitter Farts

December 12, 2014September 2, 2016 truecrimespodcast

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As Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito exhaust their final appeal and await their the verdict from the Italian Supreme Court on March 25,2015, their followers actively tweet on their behalf. It is believed that some if not all are paid to tweet support for the two convicted killers.

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Acquittal and appeal in Dewani and Pistorius murder trials

December 11, 2014July 4, 2016 truecrimespodcast

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There have been new developments this week with two prominent South African murder trials. One accused murderer is acquitted while the other faces an appeal.

After fighting extradition for three years, British businessman Shrien Dewani was cleared of his wife’s murder in a South African courtroom on Monday. He flew back to his home in the UK the following day.

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Amanda Knox prosecutor, Giuliano Mignini, cleared of all charges

December 4, 2014September 2, 2016 truecrimespodcast

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It is being reported that the oft maligned Italian prosecutor in the Meredith Kercher murder case, Giuliano Mignini, has been cleared of all charges of alleged misconduct.

“The court’s ruling finally settles the long debated question of Mignini’s record: He has no abuse of office conviction, and there is no longer any active investigation into such allegations.”

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Patterns in the subconscious language of deception and Amanda Knox

November 6, 2014September 3, 2016 truecrimespodcast

In a Ted-ed talk video titled “The Language of Lying,” Noah Zandan describes several indicators that are the red flags for when someone is lying. Mr. Zandan’s background is published on the Rockway Foundation website: “Noah is currently the Founder and President of a communications analytics startup called Quantified Impressions, has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and is a graduate of Dartmouth College, where he studied Economics.”

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Oscar Pistorius gets manslaughter thanks to public relations

September 12, 2014August 18, 2015 truecrimespodcast

“Oscar Pistorius, the disabled track star who once commanded stellar heights of international competition at the Paralympic and Olympic Games, was found guilty on Friday of culpable homicide, equivalent to manslaughter, after being acquitted of murder charges for killing his girlfriend.”

It is being reported today in the news that Oscar Pistorius has been given a lenient sentence of manslaughter or ‘culpable homicide’ in a South African court for shooting and killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He murdered her on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2013. Pistorius claims that he thought she was an intruder as he fired multiple shots into the bathroom where she hid.

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Amanda Knox’s ex-boyfriend receives a masters degree and public relations

July 15, 2014July 4, 2016 truecrimespodcast

It is being reported today that Amanda Knox’s ex-lover Raffaele Sollecito has earned a masters degree in computer engineering from the University of Verona. For his thesis, “He analyzed the traffic generated by the news on social networks, and the flow of comments between colpevolisti [people who think he is guilty] and innocentisti [people who believe he is innocent].” Although the article makes no mention of public relations efforts online, he would no doubt have had to consider PR input to make a valid study.

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Amanda Knox’s ‘exclusive’ photo shoot

July 5, 2014July 4, 2016 truecrimespodcast

This has been a long week for Amanda Knox. On Tuesday, July 1, 2014, her ex-lover Raffaele Sollecito held a press conference where he withdrew her alibi. Soon after, a news story about her cell phone connections to cocaine dealers along with her bank statements suggesting that she had an expensive drug habit at the time of Meredith Kercher’s murder were released. The recent stories are very serious and could lead to Knox’s extradition from the U.S.

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Google News Meredith Kercher Murder Case

July 4, 2014September 2, 2016 truecrimespodcast

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Amanda Knox and her followers are known to spread misinformation about the Meredith Kercher murder case around the internet. However, it seems that recently, Amanda Knox’s PR influence has resulted in biased news being given top priority on Google News.

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