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DESCRIPTION: Amidst all the sound and fury surrounding the Italian murder trial of American student Amanda Knox, two people have been largely forgotten. One is the victim, Meredith Kercher, who was by all accounts a lovely, intelligent young woman full of great promise. Her murder was a terrible tragedy. The other is Rudy Guedethe actual murderer. This book shows that the evidence against Guede was overwhelming from the beginning. That he committed the crime alone, without help, is also beyond question. Guede was convicted in a fast-track trial and sentenced to 16 years in prison. But with time off for good behavior, he may be able to gain daytime release privileges as early as this year. Meanwhile, the endless judicial persecution of Amanda and her Italian friend and co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, continues unabated. Many people I speak to are still uncertain what to believe. They wonder if, perhaps, Amanda and Raffaele might have had something to do with the murder. Some people find it hard to accept that two completely innocent people could linger for so long under a cloud of suspicion, or that the criminal-justice system of a civilized European country could manufacture guilt out of thin air. Others have been influenced by the online industrial complex of Amanda-haters and conspiracy mongers, who have spread their falsehoods everywhere on the web. Many have made up their minds, but there are others who genuinely want to know the truth. The Forgotten Killer, prepared by some of the countrys leading experts in criminology, forensic science, crime scene analysis, and legal procedure, at long last presents the truth... - Douglas Preston in Chapter One of The Forgotten Killer: Rudy Guede and the Murder of Meredith Kercher.
AUTHORS: DOUGLAS PRESTON is a journalist and author who has published 25 books, nonfiction and fiction, several of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers. JOHN DOUGLAS, who served as special agent for the FBI for twenty-five years, is the Bureaus pioneer of behavioral profiling and modern criminal investigative analysis. He authored the landmark study of incarcerated serial offenders that ultimately led to the FBIs operational profiling program. MARK OLSHAKER is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and New York Times bestselling nonfiction author who has worked closely with many of the nations leading experts in law enforcement and criminal justice. STEVE MOORE retired from the FBI following a 25-year career as a Special Agent and Supervisory Special Agent. During his tenure, he ran Al Qaeda investigations for the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Los Angeles, and later headed the investigation of terror attacks against the US throughout Pakistan and Asia. Steve has received multiple awards from the US Department of Justice for his successful US and overseas investigations, which ran the gamut from bombings to school shootings, anthrax threats to kidnappings and murders to international terrorist organizations. JUDGE MICHAEL HEAVEY is a distinguished former lawmaker and jurist who has become a champion for the rights of those wrongfully convicted. He is the founder of Judges for Justice, a non-profit organization committed to providing independent, impartial, and experienced judicial analysis of cases of alleged innocence... JIM LOVERING is a retired businessman with an interest in criminal justice and wrongful convictions who, along with other experts, developed a definitive archive of accurate information about the murder of Meredith Kercher. THOMAS LEE WRIGHT is a writer and filmmaker whose documentaries on social justice issues have shown on television and around the world. During the time of Amanda Knoxs incarceration, he co-founded FriendsofAmanda.org to make up-to-date facts on her case available to the media and the general public. ADIL DARA KIM designed the cover of this book.

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THE FORGOTTEN KILLER:

RUDY GUEDE AND THE MURDER OF MEREDITH KERCHER

By

Douglas Preston

John Douglas & Mark Olshaker

Steve Moore

Judge Michael Heavey & Jim Lovering

Thomas Lee Wright

Introduction 2014 Thomas Lee Wright

Chapter One 2014 Splendide Mendax, Inc.

Chapter Two 2014 John Douglas and Mark Olshaker

Chapter Three 2014 Steve Moore

Chapter Four 2014 Michael Heavey and Jim Lovering

Chapter Five 2014 Amanda Knox

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I know Im not writing to anyone, but you who are reading, listen. Do you know what it feels like to look across at the person in front of you and see them looking at you like you are a monster? Do you know what it feels like for someone to call you a liar straight to your face when you are telling the truth? Stupid liar! Then hit you I cant stand this feeling of being hated for something I didnt do. To have my life rifled through for something I didnt do. To have the crap scared out of me until tears and wailing were all that could escape my throat for something I didnt do and know nothing about. For going to jail when my friend was murdered. Ive actually imagined myself dying, but I dont let the thought last for long. I dont want to exhale myself and float out the window, because then what? My life is here, right now, and I want it back

Prison-journal entry of 20-year-old Amanda Knox on Day 10 of 1,427 days of unjust incarceration at Capanne Prison, Perugia, Italy; November 16, 2007

Amanda has nothing to do with it. She wasnt there.

Rudy Guede to his friend Giacomo Benedetti during a three-hour Skype call from Germany, monitored by Perugian police; November 11, 2007

INTRODUCTION

by Thomas Lee Wright

On October 28, 2008, when Judge Paulo Micheli found Rudy Guede guilty of the crime of murder, following an abbreviated fast track trial, the killer of talented British college student Meredith Kercher was removed from society and placed safely behind bars, where he has resided ever since. That same day, the judge also ordered a case devoid of merit or motive to proceed to full trial against the victims American roommate and her Italian boyfriend.

The following chapters describe the tragic killing of a young woman of promise as well as the ongoing injustice that has occurred in the wake of her loss.

While more than a dozen books have been written about the death of Meredith Kercher, nearly all of them have paid scant attention to the certain perpetrator whose DNA was found in, on, and around the victim in multiple locations at the crime scene. No viable DNA evidence was ever detected at the crime scene indicating the presence of anyone else. The absolute impossibility of selectively removing DNA of two out of three murderers from a bloody crime scene has not stopped a cottage industry of obsessed conspiracy theorists from ignoring the sole perpetrator in this horrific tragedy.

Who is Rudy Guede, the then 21-year-old drifter who murdered Meredith Kercher? The media have said little about him. We know he is a likely suspect in a number of burglaries that occurred shortly before Kercher was killed, but nobody has investigated these crimes carefully, or if they have, the results have not been made public. The authorities appear to have no interest in investigating the story of a bungling criminal who acted alone, without a plan, and who took risks that far outweighed any possible benefit to himself. To do so would only make the truth of the Meredith Kercher murder that much harder to deny.

The broad outlines of Rudy Guedes story have continued to emerge. To those who knew him, he did not stand out at first as a dangerous person. On November 1, 2007, Guede appeared to be a troubled young man with no direction in life and no close relationships. He had been born in Ivory Coast, Africa, on December 26, 1985. He was just shy of his 22nd birthday at the time of Meredith Kerchers murder. When he was 7, he traveled to Italy with his father, who was searching for employment, while his mother stayed behind. Once settled, Guede spent much of his childhood in the care of his teachers and the parents of his friends, because his father was always working. They describe him as a likable child, and they felt sorry for him because of his unstable home life. A woman who knew him as a little boy said he once visited his mother back in Ivory Coast. He was excited on the eve of his departure, but he was withdrawn and subdued upon returning three weeks later and never spoke about the trip.

When Guede was 15, his father returned to Ivory Coast for what was supposed to be a short visit, leaving the youngster more or less on his own. A brutal civil war was raging in that tumultuous African nation, and his fathers absence extended to many months, tantamount to what no doubt felt like abandonment. By this time, Guede was in high school, where he was known to be a poor student but a good basketball player. In this capacity, he attracted the interest of a wealthy Perugian resident named Paolo Caporali, who sponsored the local basketball team. Caporali informally adopted Guede. The relationship eventually soured, and Caporali would later express his profound disappointment with Guede in news interviews after his arrest. Caporali had set him up with a job but fired him for absenteeism. He described Guede as a chronic liar who could not function at anything with consistency. Eventually, Guede dropped out of school and spent much of his time wandering the streets.

By 2007, he was living in Perugia with no apparent source of income. Later, at his trial, a witness would testify that Guede was a habitual abuser of cocaine and alcohol who harassed women and snatched handbags. Zach Nowak, a young American expatriate living in Perugia, confirmed that Guede had a reputation for bothering women at nightclubs, to the point where they complained to the staff. Other acquaintances around this time described him as exhibiting bizarre behavior, primarily at night, including sleepwalking, talking to himself, hallucinating, making animal sounds, and other symptoms suggestive of mental illness.

In September, a man was awakened in his Perugia apartment by an intruder who was armed with a knife but fled without injuring anyone. The man later identified the intruder as Rudy Guede. In October, another apartment was severely damaged in a fire caused by a burglar. Among the items stolen was a womans gold watch. Later that month, a burglary took place at a Perugia law firm, in which the intruder gained access by climbing a wall and breaking a second-floor window. On October 27, a few days before Meredith Kercher was murdered, Rudy Guede was caught breaking into a private school in Milan. He was found to be in possession of the laptop stolen from the Perugia law firm, along with a womans gold watch and a knife.

On the evening of November 1, 2007All Saints DayRudy Guede climbed a wall, used a rock to break a second-floor window under cover of darkness and forced his way into a small house on Perugias Via della Pergola where Meredith Kercher lived with three other women who, because of the holiday, were not present at the time.

When Meredith Kercher arrived home, Guede was still there. He sexually assaulted her and slit her throat. Two days later, he fled the country. He was identified through fingerprints left at the scene. Two weeks after that, he was tracked down by police and apprehended near Mainz, Germany, and brought back to Italy to face justice.

By then, however, an overzealous prosecutor named Giuliano Mignini, a lifelong resident of Perugia, had detained, interrogated, and arrested Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of Meredith Kercher. Rather than admitting his mistake in light of the capture of Rudy Guede and freeing the young couple, he kept them imprisoned for an entire year, routinely allowing prejudicial gossip, damaging innuendo, and questionable evidence to reach a media pool hungry for salacious details. In this way, irreparable harm was done to the reputations of the accused, who were isolated and denied any avenue of response. When Mignini finally charged them as co-conspirators with Guede in the murder of Meredith Kercher, any chance of a fair trial had been purposefully destroyed. As a result, public awareness of Knox and Sollecito caused their case to be among the most-watched and sensationalized prosecutions in the history of jurisprudence. After a grueling trial lasting almost a year, Judge Giancarlo Massei found both Knox and Sollecito guilty of murder on December 4, 2009.

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