With Hulu’s “The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox”, one of the most controversial criminal cases of the 21st century is back in the public eye. This time, Knox herself is telling the story as executive producer alongside Monica Lewinsky in the eight-episode series.
What Happened in Perugia
It was November 1, 2007, when Amanda Knox’s life took a dramatic turn. The 20-year-old American exchange student was living in Perugia, Italy, with three other young women in a villa, including 21-year-old British exchange student from the University of Leeds, Meredith Kercher.
Knox had spent two months in Italy when she found Kercher’s lifeless body in their apartment on via della Pergola. Kercher hadent been stabbed in the throat. What had seemed like a simple murder investigation soon turned into a global media sensation that would dominate Knox’s life for almost a decade.
The Italian police first targeted Knox and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, despite physical evidence left at the scene that implicated Rudy Guede, an Ivorian who left behind bloody fingerprints at the scene. Knox and Sollecito were already charged with murder by the time Guede had been pinpointed through forensic evidence.
