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Cops: Knox 'Did Cartwheels' After Murder

Cops testify to accused killer's weird behavior after flatmate's body found

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 28, 2009 7:37 AM CST

(Newser) – Accused killer Amanda Knox had a "strange attitude" after being told of her flatmate's murder, an Italian court heard yesterday. A detective testified that the American student turned cartwheels in the police station when she and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were brought in for questioning, reports ABC News. She had to be told that sitting on her boyfriend's lap "was not appropriate," the detective said.

All of Meredith Kercher's friends were horrified after the news of her murder "except for Amanda and Raffaele," the head of the homicide squad testified. "They seemed indifferent. They were making faces and kissing." The court heard that the pair's cell phones had both been turned off between 8pm and 8:30pm the night the murder took place. The trial resumes today, with forensic experts due to testify.

Amanda  Knox, left, and Raffaele Sollecito, look on outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead, Nov. 2, 2007.
Amanda Knox, left, and Raffaele Sollecito, look on outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead, Nov. 2, 2007.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
This photo released by the Italian police shows 22-year-old Meredith Kercher, who Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are accused of murdering.
This photo released by the Italian police shows 22-year-old Meredith Kercher, who Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are accused of murdering.   (AP Photo/Police, h.o.)
Amanda Knox, wearing a t-shirt reading All you need is love, is escorted by an Italian penitentiary police officer as she arrives in a courtroom to stand trial, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009.
Amanda Knox, wearing a t-shirt reading "All you need is love," is escorted by an Italian penitentiary police officer as she arrives in a courtroom to stand trial, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
Amanda Knox, right, is escorted into a courtroom to stand trial, in Perugia, Italy, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.
Amanda Knox, right, is escorted into a courtroom to stand trial, in Perugia, Italy, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
Amanda Knox  is escorted by an Italian penitentiary police officer as she arrives in a courtroom to stand trial, in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009.
Amanda Knox is escorted by an Italian penitentiary police officer as she arrives in a courtroom to stand trial, in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
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Guest
Dec 6, 2009 1:49 AM CST
Ok miss yoga fan.......whatever........if you family is murdered, do you go and do yoga?......freakshow. Her weird behavior is a piece of the puzzle........get some common sense please. This is how a case is built, when you're dealing with circumstantial evidence.
Guest
Mar 5, 2009 3:20 AM CST
While the sitting on the boyfriend's lap was certainly in bad taste, the splits and cart wheels rerveal nothing. She is a devoted yoga fan and being one myself, I can understand this behavior. When one is scared, stressed out and being harrassed, a yaga devotee often does exercises when confronted with certain stimuli. I myself once stood on my head after my very dear friend passed away to relieve the tension. Don't get me wrong, she appears guilty as sin, but those acts, by and of themselves, don't make her so.
Count4Something
Feb 27, 2009 9:52 PM CST
I hope she doesn't end up in your bed...
 

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