Brittany Tom
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15 years ago this week, jurors filed back into an Italian courthouse to deliver their verdict in a murder trial that had captivated the world. The victim was a 21-year-old student from England by the name of Meredith Kircher. Mez to her friends. She had been sexually assaulted and her throat slashed in the bungalow she'd been renting on her study abroad trip.
But it was one of her alleged killers who seemed to get all the attention in the months that followed, Meredith's roommate, Amanda Knox. Prosecutors said the American college student had murdered Meredith. Amanda's supporters said she'd been railroaded by the Italian authorities. Just after midnight on December 5th, 2009, the judge read the verdict.
Dennis Murphy covered the case from the very beginning and is here to tell us why this case got so much attention and what happened next. Hey, Dennis.
Good. So, Dennis, your first report came out in December of 2007. So let's take a listen.
You flew out to Perugia, Italy for this first report. In fact, in that clip we just played, you're standing outside the student housing cottage where Amanda Knox and her roommate Meredith Kircher lived. Do you remember what was going on when you filmed that?
So remind us, what exactly was the prosecution's theory about what happened, what they say she did?
And you were getting some information from the Italian papers leaked by the prosecutor, right?
I mean, were you thinking, how in the world does this young woman, girl get a fair trial if all of this is out there in the public? Yeah.
Amanda changed her story at one point.
Amanda's trial, no surprise, was a complete circus. Oh. Cameras galore.
Yeah, the verdict. She was very dramatic. She's found guilty.
So much has happened since this guilty verdict. What happened next?
And the boyfriend?
So I think I read that she's working on some type of documentary. She went back to Perugia?
It's like, does anyone not know the name Amanda Knox at this point?
Right. Dennis, what a fascinating story you covered. Really interesting looking back on this. Thank you for joining us and sharing your memories.
Thank you. That's it for this episode of Dateline True Crime Weekly. Coming up this Friday on Dateline, she was a murder victim without a name until strangers gave it back to her.
Watch Keith's story, The Woman With No Name, airing this Friday on NBC at a special time of 1015, 915 Central. And be sure to check out Josh's brand new original podcast series, Deadly Mirage. It's the story of a young couple living in the California desert who seem to have it all until the husband was found murdered and investigators uncovered a web of dark secrets.
The first two episodes are available now wherever you get your podcasts. Dateline Premium subscribers get early access to episodes and can listen ad-free. Thanks for listening. Dateline True Crime Weekly is produced by Frannie Kelly and Katie Ferguson. Our associate producers are Carson Cummins and Caroline Casey. Our senior producer is Liz Brown-Koroloff.
Production and fact-checking help by Sara Kadir. Veronica Mazzeca is our digital producer. Rick Kwan is our sound designer. Original music by Jesse McGinty. Bryson Barnes is head of audio production. Paul Ryan is executive producer. And Liz Cole is senior executive producer of Dateline.
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