Bloody Shoe Print 'Links Knox to Murder'

Knox complains she wasn't allowed drinks, bathroom break until she signed statement
By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 1, 2009 7:45 AM CST
Bloody Shoe Print 'Links Knox to Murder'
Amanda Knox is escorted into a courtroom in Perugia, Italy, yesterday.   (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

A bloody shoe print discovered beneath the body of Meredith Kircher links roommate Amanda Knox to her murder, Italian prosecutors charged in court yesterday. Defense attorneys denied the print belonged to the Seattle woman, who complained about treatment by Italian police after her British roomie was found murdered. "I was treated as a person only after I had given my statements. They offered me drinks, allowed me go to the lavatory and so on," Knox testified.
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