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CASEY ANTHONY TRIAL

Defense Accuses Man Who Found Caylee's Body

Cops have already cleared utility worker

Nov 20, 09 12:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Lawyers representing Casey Anthony, accused of murdering her daughter, Caylee, are attempting to cast suspicion on another suspect who has been cleared by police. Roy Kronk, a meter reader, found the Florida toddler’s body and notified police. After interviews with ex-wives and family, Anthony's defense team has concluded Kronk... More »

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Florida • testimony • murder trial • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • child murder • defense attorney • Roy Kronk • Casey Anthony trial

Brit Strangles Wife During Nightmare  

Prosecutors believe him, seek verdict
of insanity

Nov 18, 09 12:47 PM CST
(Newser) - A British man admits he strangled his wife but swears he did it while having a nightmare. Prosecutors have accepted his explanation, backed up by a battery of medical tests documenting a sleep disorder. Instead of pursuing a murder conviction, they want a jury to declare that he acted during... More »

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crime • England • murder trial • sleep disorder • verdict • Brian Thomas • sleepwalking • sleeping man strangles wife

Knox's Family Has Spent $1M on Defense

Father 'mortgaged everything' for Italian murder trial

Oct 9, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amanda Knox’s trial has taken more than an emotional toll on her family—it’s all but bankrupted them. “Between Amanda’s mother and myself, we have spent over a million dollars so far,” her father tells ABC News. “We have literally mortgaged everything and used... More »

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Italy • murder trial • legal fees • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Edda Mellas • Curt Knox

 Knox Trial Resumes 
 as Court Examines Knife 

Amanda seems impassive, refuses to look at Kercher murder pics

Sep 19, 09 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Amanda Knox murder trial resumed in Italy today, with prosecutors displaying a kitchen knife they say is the murder weapon, the Telegraph reports. One of three court-appointed forensic experts cast doubt on the claim, however, saying the knife isn't compatible with at least one of Meredith Kercher's neck wounds.... More »

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murder trial • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito

(Newser) - A mob hitman who used acid to melt his victims' bodies has been sentenced to life, reports the New York Daily News. Charles Carneglia smirked in a Brooklyn courtroom as he listened to statements from his four victims' relatives, including one who called him an "animal" with a "... More »

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New York City • crime • murder • mob • Mafia • murder trial • John Gotti • Gambino crime family • Charles Carniglia

(Newser) - A former commander in Adolf  Hitler's army has been sentenced to life imprisonment for a massacre in Italy he ordered 65 years ago, the BBC reports. In what is expected to be one of the very last Nazi trials, a Munich court found Joseph Scheungraber guilty of murder in the... More »

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Germany • war crimes • massacre • Nazi • World War II • murder trial • imprisonment

No Blood Found in Casey Anthony's Trunk

Officials release
video, documents in capital murder case

Aug 7, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prosecutors in the Casey Anthony case released a flurry of documents today, including a three-dimensional animated movie of the area where her daughter’s body was found, crime scene photos, and a 1,100-page report by investigators, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Among the revelations: No blood was found in... More »

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death penalty • Florida • blood • forensics • murder trial • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • evidence

(Newser) - If Amanda Knox gets off for the murder of Meredith Kercher, it'll be despite her family—who have caused an uproar in Italy for appearing on the cover of a women's magazine. As Newsweek reports, one photo features Knox's two sisters, Deanna, 20, and Ashley, 14, posing in short shorts... More »

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Italy • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox

Knox's Alleged Murder Weapon Doesn't Match Wound: Coroner

And no evidence group killed Kercher, he says

Jul 6, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(AP) - The knife prosecutors believe Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito used to kill Meredith Kercher is “not compatible" with the wounds on her body, a coroner testified today. Testifying for the defense, he said the neck wound was made with a knife with a 3-inch long blade, while prosecutors maintain... More »

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Italy • testimony • murder trial • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • expert testimony

(Newser) - Philip Markoff’s ex-fiancée visited the accused “Craigslist killer” in jail two weeks ago to say goodbye, the Boston Herald reports. Megan McAllister told Markoff “that in all likelihood she would not be coming back to Boston," her lawyer said today, adding that though McAllister had... More »

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crime • arraignment • murder trial • fiancee • Julissa Brisman • Philip Markoff • Megan McAllister • Craigslist killer

(Newser) - Amanda Knox’s mother testified today that her daughter and Meredith Kercher, the British student she is accused of killing, were on good terms before the murder, the Times of London reports. Contrary to earlier testimony about tensions, the roommates “got along great,” Edda Mellas said at the... More »

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Italy • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Edda Mellas • Curt Knox

Knox Writes Love Letters to 'Ex' Raffaele

Describes life in jail, dwells on their courtroom glances

Jun 15, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raffaele Sollecito is supposed to be Amanda Knox’s ex-boyfriend, but you wouldn’t know it by reading the letters she’s been sending him, the Daily Telegraph reports. In them, the 21-year-old opens up to her co-defendant and thanks him for sharing his feelings with her. “You... More »

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jail • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • love letter

Knox on Roomie's Murder: 'Yucky, Disgusting'

Says she's trying to 'get on with my life'

Jun 14, 09 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amanda Knox said in continuing testimony yesterday that she imagined her housemate’s murder as “shocking, yucky, disgusting,” the Times of London reports. Asked why she said Meredith Kercher must have died slowly, Knox said: “I heard that she had her throat slit, and from what I... More »

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crime • Italy • murder • testimony • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox

(Newser) - Amanda Knox returned to the stand for the second day today with a familiar theme: Italian police abused her—verbally and sometimes physically—so much that she became confused about events the night Meredith Kercher was killed. She said police threatened her with serious jail time if she didn’t... More »

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police • Italy • text message • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Patrick Lumumba

(Newser) - Melissa Huckaby, the Sunday school teacher accused of kidnapping, raping, and murdering an 8-year-old girl in California, pleaded not guilty today, KPIX-TV reports. Sandra Cantu, a playmate of 28-year-old Huckaby’s daughter, was found in a suitcase in a nearby pond in April. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for September.... More »

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California • kidnapping • plea • murder trial • child rape • Sandra Cantu • Melissa Huckaby • child murder

Cops Beat Me, Knox Testifies 

Police have denied misconduct

Jun 12, 09 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amanda Knox, the American student accused of killing her British roommate while studying in Italy, says the police beat her during questioning, the AP reports. "Everything that I said was said in confusion and under pressure," Knox testified today. Knox also maintained that she spent the night of... More »

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Italy • murder trial • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Patrick Lumumba • Rudy Hermann Guede

 Knox to Take Stand Today 

5 months in, American student given chance to answer murder accusation

Jun 12, 09 2:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amanda Knox is expected to testify in her murder trial for the first time today, the Guardian reports. The American student, accused of murdering flatmate Meredith Kercher during a violent, drug-fueled sex game, has been on trial in Italy since January and faces a possible life sentence if found guilty.... More »

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Italy • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito

OPINION

Rogue Prosecutor Targets Knox

'Railroad job' of a case lacks clear-cut evidence, motive

Jun 11, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - With “flawed and flimsy” evidence and “no motive,” the murder trial of Amanda Knox seems more about a prosecutor’s ambitions than any likelihood the American student actually killed her housemate, Timothy Egan writes in the New York Times. “Any fair-minded jury would have thrown”... More »

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Italy • prosecutor • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • evidence • Giuliano Mignini

 Wife Breaks 
 Silence on Spector 

Rachelle says she's not a trophy wife

Jun 5, 09 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - She was muzzled by a court order during her husband’s trial, but now that Phil Spector has been convicted of murder, Rachelle Spector is free to talk to the media. The 28-year-old tells the Los Angeles Times she’s no trophy wife—“I don't take anything from my... More »

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music • Phil Spector • murder • murder trial • Producer • Rachelle Spector

(AP) - The man accused of killing federal intern Chandra Levy has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges. Twenty-seven-year-old Ingmar Guandique was arraigned today in District of Columbia Superior Court on six counts, including murder, kidnapping, and attempted sexual abuse. He pleaded not guilty to all counts. A judge... More »

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crime • Washington DC • murder trial • Chandra Levy • Gary Condit • Ingmar Guandique

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