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Knox Beaten By Italian Police: Stepdad

Stepfather accuses Italian law enforcement of mishandling case

Mar 22, 09 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Accused killer Amanda Knox was repeatedly beaten during an all-night interrogation by Italian police, her stepfather tells the Independent. The American student, charged with murdering her British roommate on a study-abroad program, told police she was in the apartment during the murder—but made the statement after she was hit... More »

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coercion • murder trial • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • beatings

(Newser) - An Italian shopkeeper has contradicted Amanda Knox's claim that she slept in the day after her roommate was murdered, ABC News reports. Marco Quintavalle testified in Italy yesterday that Knox, 21, dropped by his store early on the morning of Nov. 2, 2007—when Knox says she was at the... More »

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

(Newser) - Casey Anthony’s grandmother alleges that the murder suspect may have stolen up to $45,000 from her parents, the Orlando Sentinel reports. “I don’t think she blowed it all at once, but what was she doing all this time?” Shirley Plesea told investigators in August, according to... More »

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theft • missing child • murder trial • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • Cindy Anthony • Shirley Plesea • stealing

 Fritzl Gets Counseling 
 for 'Ordeal of Trial' 

How about us?

Mar 17, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Austria’s most infamous incestuous rapist has access to counseling at the prison where he is housed "to help him through the ordeal of the trial," a prison official said. But the official stressed that Josef Fritzl's care was not out of the ordinary. “There is no... More »

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prison • mental health • Austria • murder trial • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl

(Newser) - As the Amanda Knox murder trial heads toward its third month, the court today saw the last images of Meredith Kercher, the Times of London reports. The grainy footage, taken from a parking lot surveillance camera, is extremely blurry, but a policeman testified that based on the timing, it... More »

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murder trial • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • stepfather

(Newser) - A retired Ohio autoworker born in Ukraine is facing charges in the murder of 29,000 Jews during World War II, the AP reports. German authorities allege John Demjanjuk was a guard at the Sobibor concentration camp in Poland between March and September 1943. Demjanjuk, 88, maintains his innocence. He... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • Ohio • deportation • concentration camp • Nazi • extradition • murder trial • John Demjanjuk • auto worker

(Newser) - The Casey Anthony murder case has inspired a bevy of profiteers hawking everything from “Caylee Sunshine” dolls to “CASEY ANTHONY=DEATH PENALTY” bumper stickers, the Orlando Sentinel reports. “There’s a long history of people being interested in high-profile murder cases and other people trying to make a... More »

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Internet • crime • merchandise • murder trial • fashion dolls • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • bumper sticker

Suspect Killed
in Court After Stabbing Judge

Accused murderer attacked justice during recess in Calif. trial

Mar 5, 09 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - An accused killer jumped up and stabbed the judge presiding over his trial before a detective shot him dead in a California courtroom, Recordnet.com reports. David Paradiso was on trial for the stabbing death of his girlfriend. After the judge called for a recess, he attacked her “with... More »

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California • crime • judge • stabbing • murder trial • shooting

'Angry' Knife Nut Guilty of Killing Potter Actor

He said 'Yeah, sweet'
when Rob Knox died; sentencing tomorrow

Mar 4, 09 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A British court found a young knife enthusiast guilty today of murdering an actor from the next Harry Potter film, the Guardian reports. Karl Bishop, 22, stabbed the 18-year-old actor Rob Knox five times with a pair of kitchen knives last May, as Knox tried to protect his brother... More »

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Harry Potter • murder • stabbing • murder trial • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • knife

(Newser) - The judge tentatively set Oct. 12 as the date for Casey Anthony's first-degree murder trial, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Today’s court appearance also featured wrangling among lawyers over the release of Anthony’s online photos, and a video that shows her reacting emotionally to the news that daughter Caylee’... More »

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Florida • Orlando • missing child • murder trial • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • evidence • court appearance

(Newser) - Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzl defended his imprisonment of daughter Elisabeth as necessary to stop her abuse of household chemicals, the Daily Mail reports. “She had been sniffing cleaning fluids and I decided I should talk with her in my cellar,” Fritzl said of the day in 1984... More »

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rape • drug abuse • murder trial • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • imprisonment

 Cops: Knox 
 'Did Cartwheels' 
 After Murder 

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

Feb 28, 09 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... More »

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

Comic Fritzl 
Play Sparks 
Death Threats 

Director insists he's mocking media, not rape and incest

Feb 23, 09 4:52 PM CST
(Newser) - A comic play about accused rapist Josef Fritzl is set to open in Vienna, drawing the ire—and death threats—of Austrians who are not amused, the BBC reports. Director Hubsi Kramar stressed that the largely improvised piece, co-starring victims of abuse, is a commentary on media coverage of Fritzl’... More »

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theater • satire • comedy • play • murder trial • incest • media coverage • Josef Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • controversy

 Casey Anthony's 
 Diary Reveals 
 'No Regrets' 

Mother was 'happiest' days after daughter went missing

Feb 19, 09 7:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Just five days after Caylee Anthony was last seen alive, her mother described herself as “the happiest that I have been in a very long time,” People reports. The sentiment comes from Casey Anthony’s June 21 diary entry, which also reads, “I have no regrets, just... More »

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Florida • murder • murder trial • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • evidence

 Knox Co-Defendent: 
 'I Wouldn't Harm a Fly' 

Accused Kercher killer gives emotional self-defense

Feb 6, 09 9:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Amanda Knox’s ex-boyfriend, accused of a role in the killing of British student Meredith Kercher, made an emotional speech in his own defense in an Italian court today, saying he “wouldn’t harm a fly,” the Guardian reports. Raffaele Sollecito, 24, called his circumstances “unreal,"... More »

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Italy • murder • testimony • student • murder trial • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Rudy Hermann Guede • defense • evidence

 Key Questions Loom in Knox Murder Evidence

Judge, jurors face tough job finding the truth in sensational case

Feb 5, 09 5:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Evidence against American student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend in the murder of her college roommate in Italy will be presented tomorrow amid a daunting web of questions, the Guardian reports. For starters, jurors need to determine whether more than one person killed British student Meredith Kercher—a particularly vital... More »

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

Judge: Knox
Let Accomplice
Into Cottage

Jurist who jailed Guede outlines sexually charged 'group crime'

Jan 27, 09 10:17 AM CST
(Newser) - A man later sentenced in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher was let into her cottage by Amanda Knox, the American roommate now on trial in Italy, according to the judge who sentenced Rudy Guede in the “group crime.” “Guede entered the house because he was... More »

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Italy • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Rudy Hermann Guede • sexual assault

'Friends of Amanda' Throw Benefit for Accused Killer

Family aims to raise $500K for legal fees

Jan 26, 09 1:51 PM CST
(Newser) - She’s been called a femme fatale, but for the people who came to her legal defense benefit in Seattle this weekend, Amanda Knox is a victim. “Amanda would be amazed at this overwhelming turnout of support,” her mother tells the West Seattle Herald. About 120 people showed... More »

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murder • murder trial • legal fees • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • media bias

(Newser) - Amanda Knox tried to mend fences with her ex-boyfriend and fellow accused murderer Raffaele Sollecito during her trial Friday, the Times of London reports. Knox took pains not to glance Sollecito’s way in the courtroom, but during a recess she approached the 24-year-old, asked how he was doing,... More »

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

 Knox Murder Trial 
 Kicks Off in Italy 

Judge rules media may be present, but nixes live TV coverage

Jan 16, 09 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Amanda Knox was smiling as she settled in to begin trial for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher, proceedings that, despite the prosecution’s objections, will be public. The judge in Perugia, Italy, denied a request for a closed-door hearing, but did banish live TV cameras, and said... More »

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

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