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Knox Murder Trial Begins Tomorrow

Italian police still have little evidence in death of British roomie

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Jan 15, 2009 12:03 PM CST

(Newser) – The murder trial of 21-year-old American Amanda Knox begins in Italy tomorrow, though police have gathered little more than her roommate Meredith Kercher’s dead body as evidence since the 2007 murder, Der Spiegel reports. The sexual crime involving two promising college students and several... Read full story »

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