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Tape Puts Amanda at Murder Scene

Italian police bug her conservation with parents in jail

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(Newser) – An American student suggested in a bugged jailhouse meeting with her parents that she was home when her flatmate in Italy was murdered, the Telegraph reports. The disclosure contradicts earlier claims by Amanda Knox. "From the bugged recording it is possible to understand that she was in the house," a police source says. "She denies everything, but we did submit this evidence."

The bugged conversation also reveals that Knox did not know she was a suspect when police first interviewed her, the Guardian notes. Knox burst into tears in court yesterday and pleaded her innocence, but a judge denied her request to be released under house arrest. Knox, 20, is accused with her boyfriend in the Nov. 1 murder of Meredith Kercher. Another suspect is awaiting extradition from Germany.

Carlo Della Vedova, lawyer of American university student Amanda Knox, arrives at court in Perugia, Italy, for a hearing Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Carlo Della Vedova, lawyer of American university student Amanda Knox, arrives at court in Perugia, Italy, for a hearing Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)   (Associated Press)
This photo released by the Italian Police, shows 22-year-old British university student Meredith Kercher, who was found dead Nov. 2 with her throat slashed in the bedroom of a house in the Umbrian town of Perugia. (AP Photo/Italian Police)
This photo released by the Italian Police, shows 22-year-old British university student Meredith Kercher, who was found dead Nov. 2 with her throat slashed in the bedroom of a house in the Umbrian town...   (Associated Press)
American student Amanda Marie Knox is accused of participating in the sexual assault and murder of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy. Knox, 20, is detained Tuesday along with her 24-year-old Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
American student Amanda Marie Knox is accused of participating in the sexual assault and murder of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy. Knox, 20, is detained Tuesday along...   (Associated Press)
American student Amanda Knox is one of three people accused of killing a girl during an alleged sex game.
American student Amanda Knox is one of three people accused of killing a girl during an alleged sex game.   (AssociatedPress)
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