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Knox Got Along With Meredith: Grieving Mom

Mom says she'll never get over daughter's death

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 6, 2009 3:18 PM CDT

(Newser) – The mother of British student Meredith Kercher testified in Italy today that she will never recover from her daughter’s gruesome murder, the Telegraph reports. “You send your daughter away to study, and she doesn't come back,” Arline Kercher said in a civil hearing running alongside the trial of Amanda Knox, accused of murdering Meredith. “We will never, ever get over it.”

Kercher said Meredith, who was allegedly suffocated after refusing to participate in a drug-fueled sex game, seemed to get along with Knox. Sister Stephanie Kercher said Meredith would have tried to fight off her attackers: “110% yes. She was very strong and she would have fought to the end.” Knox will testify in Italian next week at her criminal trial.

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Arline Kercher, right, the mother of slain British student Meredith Kercher, is comforted outside Perugia's court. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Family members from left, Stephanie Kercher, with Arline Kercher and father John Kercher before a press conference about murdered British Meredith Kercher. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

Murder suspect Amanda Knox is escorted by a penitentiary police officer as she arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

This photo shows 22-year-old British university student Meredith Kercher, who was found dead in 2007 with her throat slashed. (AP Photo/Italian Police)

U.S murder suspect Amanda Knox is escorted by a penitentiary police officer. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

US murder suspect Amanda Knox is escorted by a penitentiary police officer as she arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, June 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

US murder suspect Amanda Knox is escorted by penitentiary police officers as she arrives for a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, June 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

Stephanie Kercher, center, sister of late Meredith Kercher, her mother Arline, left, and her father John in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, June 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

Stephanie Kercher, background center,her mother Arline, left, and her father, foreground centre, talk to a lawyer in Perugia, Italy, Friday June 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

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Knox Got Along With Meredith: Grieving Mom