Presentation and Navigation notes:

This is a first, early draft at an attempt to present visually / geographically the events of 1 November 2007 in Perugia. Since the victim has no means to reply to any scenario presented herein, and the repeated use of her name in this context would only further hurt anyone close to her, I refer to her simply as “the victim”. This is not meant by any means to trivialise the pain and suffering, and butal senseless murder she experienced, nor to reduce her memory.

As we become aware of more and more information concerning the Giallo di Perugia, - and, filtering out as best we can rumours and unfounded data – we see an ongoing cynicism amongst those who may have some sort of involvement with the crime.

At times in this presentation, my own response to this affront to my/our intelligence is to employ cynicism in return. Any double-entendres, or visual twists in this document are not meant to obtain a laugh about a terrible set of crimes (including sexual assault, murder, desecration of a corpse, conspiracy to coverup a murder, possibly petty theft as well), but rather as a way of coping with the cynicism of those involved in each of those crimes or with knowledge about them.

The situations reconstructed here are with ideas or event relationships which are not of my own. I have rather served as a graphic scribe of the excellent multi-point-of-view, multi-timezone, and multi-cultural discussion resulting from Steve Huff’s True Crime Weblog on this tragedy: http://www.truecrimeweblog.com/. I hope I haven’t abridged too much or left out key elements, in any case, there’s always time for a new release.

That was Meryl Streep on the cover slide, in the movie “A French Lieutenant’s Woman”. In the book by John Fowles (better than the movie) there are 3 forks / endings to the story. In the Giallo di Perugia, as we go through the scenarios of what may have happened from an initial mid-October situation, I can only hope that there will be one single ending, that justice is served to those responsible for each of the crimes which may be determined by the ILE. I am buoyed by the fact that the victim’s family has expressed confidence in the Italian justice system.

- Kermit email: [email protected]

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Key to abbreviations: AK = Amanda Knox (red line), RS = Raffaele Sollecito (green line), PL = Patrick Lumumba (brown line), RHG = Rudy Guede (black line), SP = Sophie Purton (blue line).

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Annex 1- Music events

Two weeks to disasterTwo weeks to disasterIf we don’t get into MySpace and Facebook emotional state analyses, or study the impact of AK’s parents’ divorce, RS’s mother passing away or RHG’s second generation immigrant issues (which should be looked at by those who know how – but which at the same time don’t set the three main suspects apart from many other members of society), we can probably set a count-down-to-murder date at a couple of weeks before 1 November, when RS and AK met at “a classical music music concert in the university”. Annex 1 shows that it’s hard to identify the specific musical event.

This is one of those characteristics of this crime which strikes me: the extremely short period of time for the AK/RS relationship to develop, AK’s other contacts/relationships to develop (eg. with RHG), for her to alienate her housemates, for her to “move in” with RS, and get to the dangerous social cocktail of the murder evening, in addition to the impossibly incredible elements which have surfaced in different declarations, such as the victim cooking with RS and pricking her finger.

October – November 2007 LunedìMonday

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More or less this is when RS and AK meet at a classical music concert

Annex 1- Music events

American would-be killer Kevin Wade arrested in Florida (name used by RHG in applying for asylum inGermany)

Eurochocolate festival in Perugia ends (just a cultual event – no direct relation to crime)

Amanda has period (RS’s boxer shorts, blood on bidet). No excuse to kill, but she could claim it’s a hormonal factor on top of her mental state.

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RS explains victim’s DNA on knife: they cooked together at his house. Had it happened, would’ve been around here.

Halloween Parties. RHG with Spanish friends. Victim with English friends. AK with RS.

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Final Positioning (Final Positioning (Nov. 1Nov. 1)) This is Perugia, looking from East-North-East to West-South-West. A wonderful ancient town which is hard to squeeze onto a computer screen, with any meaningful detail. Most of the events related to the final positioning of the characters of the Giallo di Perugia in the afternoon of Nov. 1, 2007 will be reconstructed on the canvas we see here, although at times we will pan to the left or to the right.

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AK and victim are in their house together, she says they ate together.

RS is probably already there as well.Perugia November 1, 2007

It’s too cool to eat on the terrace/balcony, but from the kitchen window you still enjoy the view of the lush ravine below the house and the valley, hills and towns beyond.

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Via Roscetto for me marks the transition from the quaint medieval town above to less attractive areas below (to the east and north). (There are still plenty of historical sites and monuments around here).

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After a 100 meters or so you come to the Arco dei Gigli,

rebuilt in the Middle Ages on earlier Etruscan foundations.

Onward to the next covered passage, the tower house at Via Bontempi 28 which belonged to the Canons of San Lorenzo, and has a relief of the martyrdom of St Laurence on its loggia. A similar relief appears on the lintel over the door to number 22, Robyn’s place, where Sophie’s walk ends.

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Victim arrives at Robyn Butterworth's flat after a 10 minute walk, for a get-together of English friends. Being a national holiday, and Perugia a university town, most Italian friends would be back in their home-towns with family.

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shooting baskets in Piazza Grimana

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RS and AK are at the girls' house. They smoke "one" joint. This is from RS's initial declaration to investigating Judge Matteini. I have assigned the cut-off time, in order to fit in with the next events.It may have been one or several, but I think that not since the movie “Reefer Madness” has marijuana been blamed for such violence and permanent memory loss immediately following use by young persons. Sorry to quote Wikipedia: “Reefer Madness is a 1936 propaganda film revolving around the tragic events that follow when high school students are lured by pushers to try ‘marihuana’: a hit and run

accident, manslaughter, suicide, rape, and descent into madness all ensue .... The film was intended to be shown to parents as a morality tale attempting to teach them about the dangers of cannabis use .... The film never gained an audience until it was rediscovered in the 1970s and gained new life as a piece of uninten-

tional comedy among cannabis smokers. Today, it is in the public domain in the United States and is considered a cult film. It inspired a musical satire, which premiered off-broadway in 2001, and a Showtime film, Reefer Madness, based on the

musical. ‘Reefer Madness’ is the best example of propaganda that was used to give false information to the public on the effects of marijuana.”

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In RS's modified declaration to investigators, he said that at 18:00, he and AK leave the girls' house and go downtown, passing through Piazza Grimana, Piazza Morlacchi, the main fountain and Corso Vannucci. Let's say for the purpose of this timeline that the time difference concerning their departure from the house compared to AK (who said 17h.) is due to drug confusion.

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I don’t know if the Domus was already open at that time – I don’t think there is any other reason they would have gone to Piazza Morlacchi. Maybe RHG or friends had a sales point there.

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Scenic tour stated by RS, as they wander around downtown. They head for RS’s place. There may be a reason for them to pass through Piazza Grimana again, but for the moment we don’t have any further route information. Therefore, I’ll end their scenic route with my own scenic ending: that they follow Via dell’Acquedutto, an official pedestrian city street which utilises the old Roman aquaduct. It’s a panoramic short-cut. (It goes behind the University for Foreigners, the building in the upper-right in the first photo.)

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RS says in initial declaration to Judge Matteini that between 20:30 and 21:00 h he and AK returned from downtown to his place.

MAYBE: in addition to lying about being together all evening, they did return together to his place, but earlier, and arranged the evening from there. This is what Judge Matteini suggests in her initial report. Afterwards, AK may have gone on to Piazza Grimana alone or accompanied by RS. In the former case (AK leaves RS at home alone), maybe it was AK - not RS - who after just two weeks of relationship was "bored with the same old evenings“ ...

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FALSE trail!! RHG says he arrives on time for his date at via della Pergola 7, and victim arrives 10 minutes later. He declares they go inside and hug (did he bring her a bouquet of flowers?). However, in reality she is still at Robyn’s flat. Since he is the only suspect who consistently has admitted being on the scene of the crime (AK sometimes is, sometimes isn't), we can assume he was in the vicinity from 20:30 onwards. Therefore, lets leave him shooting baskets in Piazza Grimana.

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This is perhaps the KEY POINT, especially for RS. Did he stay at home (only getting involved in the cover-up? In that case, it remains to be analysed to what degree he was involved in the coverup, and in particular WHY he initially partook in the cover-up, and WHY he continues to partake in it, if teenage love and infatuation – although he was 24 – explains his initial participation in the cover-up. Maybe there are other elements of family/social pride or shame involved like the use of heavier drugs – crack more easily explains the sadistic violence than hash / marijuana – or maybe if she wore his underwear, he wore hers … that sort of stupid thing for which he prefers to be in prison).

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"The Notebook“ movie DVD has ended, the victim and Sophie Purton leave Robyn Butterworth's flat.

It probably doesn’t change much, but by accompanying Sophie, the victim follows the route around the bottom of the hill, rather than going over the top and down the slope.

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The victim arrives at her house, via della Pergola 7, accompanied, to be received or to be cornered.

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Time of death as calculated by the pathologists.

All of this Final Positioning gives way to three scenarios which have some likelihood of being possible (from my point of view):1) AK and RHG in house at time of murder (this seems to me to be the most probable scenario at the moment). Either RS shows up later after the sexual assault and murder of the victim, or he doesn’t appear on scene until the next morning.2) AK, RHG and RS in house at time of murder.3) RHG in house at time of assault and murder (which would coincide with the victim arriving at her house). AK in the vicinity, shows up to to encounter RHG in a mess.

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c. Oct. 19 p.m. RS and AK meet at classical music concert

http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=219510

Also RS refers to this in a letter from prison to his father

Oct. 20 p.m. RHG claims to meet and flirt with victim in pub during England-South Africa rugby championship

http://www.repubblica.it/2007/11/sezioni/cronaca/perugia-uccisa5/mez-amanda/mez-amanda.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7052822.stm

This is from RHG’s prison “diary” – of quite low level of credibility. Second last paragraph. The victim’s friends deny she ever met him.

Oct. 21 Perugia Eurochocolate cultural events

http://www.bellaumbria.net/Perugia/eurochocolate_eng.htm

Not directly related to crime, but part of lively, student atmosphere in Perugia

Oct. 25 some even-ing

RS claims that while cooking together with victim some day before the crime she could have pricked herself with DNA knife

http://qn.quotidiano.net/cronaca/2007/12/08/53233-amanda_meredith.shtml

Would have had to have occurred around this date. In RS prison diary entry of Nov. 18 he gives his “we were cooking together” story. Not even his father gives credibility to that

Oct. 26 USA day

Would be sexual killer Kevin Wade arrested in Florida. Name used by RHG when applying for asylum in Germany

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/oct/27/police-pinellas-necrophilia-plot-thwarted/?news-breaking

Probably just one of those strange coincidences, like the SMS saying “Meredith will die tonight or tomorrow”

Oct. 27 night RHG arrested in kindergarten with knife

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2913150.ece?token=null&offset=12

Kindergarten arrest with knife reference at end of article

c. Oct. 30 AK has period

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/23/wmeredith123.xml

Last sentence of article about buying replacement underwear. I really don’t believe it, but given USA legal defences based on PMS. Sorry for wikipedia, but: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMS. “sufficient severity to interfere with some aspects of life”, symptoms “may continue even after flow has begun”.Dangerous version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premenstrual_dysphoric_disorder

Oct. 31 night Rudy says they were together at Halloween party, exchanged a kiss and set a date for Nov. 1 evening at her place.

http://www.repubblica.it/2007/11/sezioni/cronaca/perugia-uccisa5/mez-amanda/mez-amanda.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/16/wmeredith116.xml

He says he was with victim at Spanish friends’ place.

Judge tells him he’s contradictory and not believable.

Her friends place her at their place, and the Merlin and Domus discotheques. Ref: http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=15526&sez=HOME_INITALIA

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13:00 AK and victim are in their house together, she says they ate together. RS is probably there as well.

http://www.repubblica.it/2007/11/sezioni/cronaca/perugia-uccisa5/parla-amanda/parla-amanda.html

http://download.repubblica.it/pdf/2007/ordinanza_perugia_meredith.pdf

AK's prison interview: "I had lunch with her (the victim) in our house on November 1. We told each other how we had spent the night of Halloween. I was with Raffaele, she had gone to the disco with a group of English friends. I recall that she said that they had a lot of fun." Also, from her initial declarations to police, AK says she was at home with RS in the early afternoon of Nov. 1.

15:30 Sophie Purton arrives at Robyn Butterworth's flat in via Bontempi 22

http://www.corriere.it/cronache/07_novembre_13/docente_patrick_perugia.shtml

Sophie lived in (or around) via Roscetto, on the east side of the hill which dominates old Perugia, and which makes the as-the-bird-flies route from the girls’ house quite a climb.

16:00 Victim arrives at Robyn Butterworth's flat


It was a get-together of English friends. Being a national holiday, and Perugia a university town, most Italian friends would be back in their home-towns with family.

Until about 17:00

RS and AK at girls' house. Smoke "one" joint. http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=219510

RS's initial declaration to investigating Judge Matteini. I have assigned the cut-off time, in order to fit in with the next events.

17:00 AK and RS leave the girls’ house.


In AK's first declaration to police, she said she and RS left at 17:00 h, going to RS's place, where they spent the rest of the night together. For the sake of argument, let's accept her departure time, but reject her affirming that they didn't leave his place until the next morning, given other data below.

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Scenic tour stated by RS, as they wander around downtown before going to his place (contrasts with AK saying they went directly to his place – also time difference, see observation to right). If anyone has a problem with the wandering around, just have AK and RS go directly to his place, it's not key for the moment (unless, for example, if it turns out they were going downtown to buy certain drugs).


In RS's modified declaration to investigators, he said that at 18:00, he and AK leave the girls' house and go downtown, passing through Piazza Grimana, Piazza Morlacchi, the main fountain and Corso Vannucci. Let's say for the purpose of this timeline that the time difference concerning their departure from the house compared to AK (who said 17h.) is due to drug confusion.

17:45 Polish student sees AK and RS in the vicinity of RS's house

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22813948-401,00.html

First of two sightings by the Polish student of AK that evening.

18:00 Victim, Sophie Purton and Robyn Butterworth have pizza, ice cream and coffee at Robyn's flat. Water, no alcohol.

https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2864713.ece

Later toxicology tests prove that the victim only had traces of caffeine in her blood, no alcohol or drugs.

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18:40 The three English girls watch a movie until about 21:00 h.


The DVD was "The Notebook" (123 minutes) http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0332280/

20:18 PL sends cellphone short message (SMS) to AK. https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2864713.ece

Later he deletes this message.

20:30 Scheming is going on at RS’s place. RS says in initial declaration to Judge Matteini that between 20:30 and 21:00 h he and AK returned from downtown to his place.



MAYBE: in addition to lying about being together all evening, they did return together to his place, but earlier, and arranged the evening from there. This is what Judge Matteini suggests in her initial report. Afterwards, AK may have gone on to Piazza Grimana alone or accompanied by RS. In the former case (AK leaves RS at home alone), maybe it was AK - not RS - who after just two weeks of relationship was "bored with the same old evenings".

20:30 To the soundtrack of “Jaws”, RHG surfacees in the area of the cottage, although declaring a FALSE trail, that he arrived at the girls’ house as prearranged with the victim.

http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/cronache/200711articoli/27892girata.asp

FALSE trail!! RHG says he arrives on time for his date at via della Pergola 7, and victim arrives 10 minutes later. He declares they go inside and hug (did he bring her a bouquet of flowers?). However, in reality she is still at Robyn’s flat. Since he is the only suspect who consistently has admitted being on the scene of the crime (AK sometimes is, sometimes isn't), we can assume he was in the vicinity from 20:30 onwards. Therefore, lets leave him shooting baskets in Piazza Grimana.

20:35 AK replies to PL's SMS, sending in Italian: "See you later"


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According to AK's "confession", she left RS in his house, going to Piazza Grimana, where she declared she met PL (and / or RHG??? RHG by his own admission was in the vicinity at this time, and by his own admission was in the house when the murder took place).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/09/wkercher509.xml&page=1


This is perhaps the KEY POINT, especially for RS. Did he stay at home (only getting involved in the cover-up? In that case, it remains to be analysed to what degree he was involved in the coverup, and in particular WHY he initially partook in the cover-up, and WHY he continues to partake in it, if teenage love and infatuation – although he was 24 – explains his initial participation in the cover-up. Maybe there are other elements of family/social pride or shame involved like the use of heavier drugs – crack much easily explains the sadistic violence than hash / marijuana – or maybe if she wore his underwear, he wore hers … that sort of stupid thing for which he prefers to be in prison).

Or did he go with AK to the girls’ house, or join the murder “party” during the course of the evening?

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20:38 PL's cell phone signal captured in area of girls' cottage. https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2864713.ece

No one believes PL was involved in the crime. However he may have useful information about AK’s plans for the evening (eg. “Come on over to smoke / to snort / to have an orgy”). Did he go to Piazza Grimana, returning to the pub by 21h?

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AK's and RS's mobile phones turned off

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/09/wkercher509.xml

20:40 Polish student sees AK a second time, leaving RS's house alone.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22813948-401,00.html

They know each other, AK tells Polish student that RS has stayed in his house.

20:43 Carpark CCTV captures image of figure dressed like AK in entrance area of cottage


I have a problem here: press reports refer to CCTV images of AK wearing a "light coloured skirt“. But why does RS refer to her in the morning as not wearing jeans – which you under-stand she was wearing the night before - but rather a dress?

20:59 If PL has gone to rendez-vous with AK, then this is about the latest time he has to arrive at Le Chic pub (if he actually went to Piazza Grimana).

No reference. Based on Romano Mero entering Le Chic at 21:00 h.

21:00 Romano Mero, Swiss professor, enters Le Chic pub.



He speaks with PL, who is behind the bar. (New time, previously had said he was there from 20:00 h onwards, but he had a pizza at 20:30 before going to Le Chic)

21:00 "The Notebook“ movie DVD has ended, the victim and Sophie Purton leave Robyn Butterworth's flat.


It probably doesn’t change much, but by accompanying Sophie, the victim follows the route around the bottom of the hill, rather than going over the top and down the slope.

21:05 Sophie and the victim part ways on via Roscetto, Sophie returns to her own flat.



From Via Roscetto, the best illuminated and most transitted route (ie. people and cars) is to follow via Pinturicchio all the way the Piazza Grimana / Piazza Fortebraccio (two names for the same plaza), and from there down the slopes to her house. If AK and/or RHG and/or RS were still there, she would have seen them, and they may have all gone to the house together. Or, to paraphrase AK, “maybe not”.

Another route is the dimly lit shortcut through via del Melo and the alley which takes you to the metal stairs into the carpark. If RHG was not in Piazza Grimana but instead liked to lurk around here, the victim would have crossed paths with him. Certainly a possibility, especially since I am convinced that RHG later ran away following this route.


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All of this Final Positioning gives way to three scenarios which have some likelihood of being possible:

1) AK and RHG in house at time of murder (this seems to me to be the most probable scenario at the moment). Either RS shows up later after the sexual assault and murder of the victim, or he doesn’t appear on scene until the next morning.

2) AK, RHG and RS in house at time of murder.

3) RHG in house at time of assault and murder (which would coincide with the victim arriving at her house). AK in the vicinity, shows up to to encounter RHG in a mess.


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Here are a number of classical music events in Perugia in October 2007. RS was quoted as saying it was at “the university”. I couldn’t find one in either university around the 19th or 20th (these ones are either in churches or municipal auditoriums). However, being a university town, it would not be surprising to find mid-month classical music concerts on university premises. Or, RS was misstated, and he and AK met at one of the events below, or similar ones:

Sabato 6 ottobre alle 21 toccherà a Rosalba Petranizzi, mezzosoprano e Virgilio Bianconi basso-baritono che ci proporranno una raccolta di brani mariani del XVII e XVIII secolo accompagnati ed intercalati dalle abili interpretazioni di brani strumentali del maestro Eugenio Becchetti che è anche direttore artistico del festival.

13 OTTOBRE ore 21 – CASTEL DEL PIANO – SALONE FILARMONICA presso il salone parrocchiale di Castel del iano Concerto per clarinetto e pianoforteCHIARA PAROLO RENATA BENVEGNU’

20 OTTOBRE ore 21 - MIGLIANO – CHIESA PARROCCHIALE Concerto per quartetto di clarinettiANDREA CAMPORESESAURO ALICANTIANDREA VEREMONDIGUIDO ARBONELLI

20 OTTOBRE Palazzo dei Priori, Sala dei Notari, ore 21,00 PERUGIA INCONTRA... VIENNASinfonia d'autunno con I Solisti di Perugia e Wolfgang Schultz (primo flauto dei Wiener Philharmoniker di Vienna)Ingresso gratuito. Vedi news dell'evento.

20 OTTOBRE Auditorium Marianum - ore 17.00STAGIONE DI CONCERTI Concerto d’organo - Musiche di J.S. Bach Org.: Associazione Musicale “G. Frescobaldi” I-06123 – Perugia – Corso Cavour, 184 Tel. + 39 075 5736171 – Fax + 39 075 5724751 - www.diocesi.perugia.it - [email protected]

26 OTTOBRE CORO DELL’UNIVERSITA’DI PERUGIA - ore 20.00Chiesa di Santa Caterina - Cappellania dell’Università

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