....and why not Rudy

Why not Rudy? They wanted Patrick Lumumba! But decided on Amanda and Rafaelle.

Many people have heard about the brutal rape and murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy. The British student studying abroad, the beautiful young, intelligent lady had lots to look forward to in her very young life with a million things on the horizon. Tragically, it brutally ended all too quickly. Amanda Knox, Meredith's roommate, along with Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda's boyfriend of a week, were convicted of the murder. So was Rudy Guede, a drug user/dealer burglar and a man known to harass women. Rudy was also a drifter in need of money.
The world was chilled by a horrific senseless crime, as was I. Many things began being leaked to the tabloids by officials in Perugia—none of it accurate. A few tabloid writers almost single-handedly turned Amanda Knox from “compassionate honor student” to “satanic sex-crazed murderer” in their headlines. They created the evil "Foxy Knoxy", without a clue as to what they were talking about. They made up all kinds of lies in order to sell newspapers, all at her (Amanda’s) expense. Wild theories were thrown out for the hounds to write about- from sick satanic rituals, to sex orgies gone wrong. Not ONE of these theories, however, were anywhere near the truth. Yet, we believed them and were convinced of Amanda’s guilt.
 Now, after she has served three years in prison, the truth about Amanda Knox is finally being believed. When unbiased persons starting looking into the evidence and starting listening to credible experts instead of tabloids, they’ve realized that they were just sucked in, and that there are 2 innocent kids being victimized now as well, just like Meredith was. Certainly, it’s not the same victimization that Meredith suffered, but it is no less real. I have now studied this case enough to see that it has been turned into one of the most convoluted cases in history---a simple case, gone crazy.. Though at first I thought she was likely guilty. Now, not only am I convinced of her innocence, I am committed to help get the truth out there even if it's one person at a time.
Amanda Knox was interrogated for 37 hrs. in the four 4 days after the crime. This is a lot of time if you think about the fact that 40 hrs. is a typical five day work week. Amanda did not yet know that she was a suspect, she just thought she was being interviewed and wanted to do her part to help. All normal stuff in an investigation. Amanda happened to have a boss named Patrick Lumumba. On the night of the murder, Amanda was on her way to work. On the way, she received a text from Patrick telling her they didn't need her to work that night. She text him back saying, "OK, see you later". The police believed that this small text communication implicated both Amanda and Lumumba.  However, later that same night, at 10:00 PM she received a phone call (unusual time for an interrogation, don’t you think?). The police wanted her to come BACK to the station, which she did. They then proceeded to interrogate her from 10:30PM that night until 5:30AM the next morning! During the night, 12 interrogators (which is not at all the norm) aggressively worked her. Two fresh interrogators would go in the room every hour on the hour. They didn't give her any water, coffee, food or restroom breaks. These are normal things offered and given during interrogations. During the night, they hit her in the back of the head when she didn’t give the answer they were looking for. They were supposedly trying to "help her remember". She was told she would never get to leave, and that she would go to prison for the rest of her life if she didn't tell them. They finally got what they brought her in for—her will to resist shattered, she implicated Patrick Lumumba in the most ambiguous way, stating that it was a “dream”-like memory that she was unsure of. She said she imagined, and then "confusedly remembered” hearing screams while she was in the kitchen, her hands over her ears, crouched down on the floor. At this point, which was now 5:30AM, they had her write out "the confession" (this was NOT a confession). They immediately called Prosecutor Giulianno Mignini, who rushed over. They finally allowed her drink and let her use the restroom and she bought food from a vending machine. Once she got food in her, and began to think straight again, she immediately recanted. You can look it up on line. She was extremely shaken up and if you know what had happened to her, it's horrifying to watch the video. She also wrote THIS down as well.
Amanda is no liar. She is now in the hands of the Perugia Courts tomorrow, Dec. 18th, for her appeal.
Only Giuliano and Massei knew their motives, them and God.
Some people disagree with me, and this is OK.
I take very seriously what I believe and why. We are all responsible for this.
I feel very confident in what I believe-period.

Michelle Celestial Easterly Moore