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Prosecutors Unveil DNA Evidence Against Knox

American student's DNA found on weapon allegedly used to kill British student in Italy

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted May 23, 2009 3:17 AM CDT

(Newser) – Italian prosecutors began presenting forensic evidence in Amanda Knox's murder trial yesterday, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Experts testified that the American's DNA was identified on the knife allegedly used to kill British student Meredith Kercher—who was found with her throat cut in the flat the two shared—and that DNA from Knox's co-defendant ex-boyfriend was found on Kercher's bra clasp.

The evidence focused on mixed genetic traces from Knox and Kercher found in the apartment. Knox's lawyers said this was normal since the two lived together, although bloodstains containing DNA from both women were found in several places in the bathroom. The trial is now in its fifth month, and Knox is expected to take the stand after the prosecution finishes its case early next month.

Amanda Knox, right, is escorted by penitentiary police officers as she arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy yesterday.
Amanda Knox, right, is escorted by penitentiary police officers as she arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy yesterday.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
Raffaele Sollecito  arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy yesterday.
Raffaele Sollecito arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy yesterday.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
Amanda Knox, center, is escorted by penitentiary police officers as she arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy, yesterday.
Amanda Knox, center, is escorted by penitentiary police officers as she arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy, yesterday.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
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nick
May 23, 2009 12:56 PM CDT
How can a girl screw up her life anymore than Ananda Knox? Her best defense now appears to be that her ex-boy friend was a bad influence on her, and made her become part of this bad "situation".

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