The Forgotten Killer: Rudy Guede and the Murder of Meredith Kercher (Kindle Single) by Douglas Preston, John Douglas, Mark Olshaker, Steve Moore, Judge Michael Heavey, Jim Lovering, Thomas Lee Wright
Authors: Douglas Preston, John Douglas, Mark Olshaker, Steve Moore, Judge Michael Heavey, Jim Lovering, Thomas Lee Wright
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The prosecution and civil parties are committing injustices against me because they cannot bring themselves to admit, even to themselves, that they’ve made a terrible mistake.
The Court has seen that the prosecution and civil parties will not hear criticism of their mistakes. Not by the experts of the defense, nor by the experts of the Court.
The Court has seen that the prosecution jumped to conclusions at the very start of their investigation: They interrogated and arrested innocent people and claimed “Case closed” before any evidence could be analyzed, before bothering to check alibis.
The prosecutor and investigators were under tremendous pressure to solve the mystery of what happened to Meredith as soon as possible. The local and international media were breathing down the necks of these detectives. Their reputations and careers were to be made or broken. In their haste, they made mistakes. Under pressure, they admitted to as few mistakes as possible and committed themselves to a theory founded upon mistakes.
Had they not jumped to conclusions based on nothing but their personal and highly subjective
feeling,
they would have discovered definitive and undeniable evidence of not Patrick Lumumba, not Raffaele Sollecito, not Amanda Knox, but of Rudy Guede. We would not be here, over six years later, debating inconclusive and unreliable “clues.” We would have been spared the cost, anguish, and suffering not only of Raffaele’s and my family, but especially of Meredith’s family as well.
The prosecution’s accusations are unworthy of judicial or public confidence. In over six years they have failed to provide a consistent, evidence-driven, corroborated theory of the crime, but would nevertheless argue that you should take my life away. I beg you to see the facts and reason of what I say. I am innocent. Raffaele is innocent. Meredith and her family deserve the truth. Please put an end to this great and prolonged injustice.
In faith,
Amanda Marie Knox
CONTRIBUTORS
JOHN DOUGLAS, who served as special agent for the FBI for 25 years, is the Bureau’s pioneer of behavioral profiling and modern criminal investigative analysis. After serving as a field investigative agent and hostage negotiator, he was appointed to the Behavioral Science Unit as an instructor at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va. During this time, he undertook the landmark study of incarcerated serial offenders that ultimately led to the FBI’s operational profiling program. He created and led the Investigative Support Unit, where he had overall supervision of profiling, the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (VICAP), and the Arson and Bombing Investigative Service Program. Duringhis tenure, the unit consulted on more than 5,000 violent crimes across the United States and around the world. In addition to his books with Mark Olshaker, Douglas is co-author of
Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives
and the co-creator and lead author of the
Crime Classification Manual
, widely used by law-enforcement agencies and courts. Douglas has personally consulted on thousands of cases worldwide, providing analysis, investigative and prosecution strategies, interview and interrogation techniques, and expert testimony.
JUDGE MICHAEL HEAVEY (RET.) is a decorated Army officer who served in Vietnam. As a Washington State lawmaker, he served eight years in the House, including as chairman of the Commerce and Labor Committee, and six years in the Senate, with a stint as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He also worked as a judge on the King County Superior Court, where he presided over hundreds of criminal and civil cases during his twelve years on the bench. His time as a volunteer championing the innocence of Seattle neighbor Amanda Knox and her Italian co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, has inspired Mike to get involved in the study of wrongful convictions in the U.S. and around the world. Since retiring from the bench in early 2013, Mike has
The prosecution and civil parties are committing injustices against me because they cannot bring themselves to admit, even to themselves, that they’ve made a terrible mistake.
The Court has seen that the prosecution and civil parties will not hear criticism of their mistakes. Not by the experts of the defense, nor by the experts of the Court.
The Court has seen that the prosecution jumped to conclusions at the very start of their investigation: They interrogated and arrested innocent people and claimed “Case closed” before any evidence could be analyzed, before bothering to check alibis.
The prosecutor and investigators were under tremendous pressure to solve the mystery of what happened to Meredith as soon as possible. The local and international media were breathing down the necks of these detectives. Their reputations and careers were to be made or broken. In their haste, they made mistakes. Under pressure, they admitted to as few mistakes as possible and committed themselves to a theory founded upon mistakes.
Had they not jumped to conclusions based on nothing but their personal and highly subjective
feeling,
they would have discovered definitive and undeniable evidence of not Patrick Lumumba, not Raffaele Sollecito, not Amanda Knox, but of Rudy Guede. We would not be here, over six years later, debating inconclusive and unreliable “clues.” We would have been spared the cost, anguish, and suffering not only of Raffaele’s and my family, but especially of Meredith’s family as well.
The prosecution’s accusations are unworthy of judicial or public confidence. In over six years they have failed to provide a consistent, evidence-driven, corroborated theory of the crime, but would nevertheless argue that you should take my life away. I beg you to see the facts and reason of what I say. I am innocent. Raffaele is innocent. Meredith and her family deserve the truth. Please put an end to this great and prolonged injustice.
In faith,
Amanda Marie Knox
CONTRIBUTORS
JOHN DOUGLAS, who served as special agent for the FBI for 25 years, is the Bureau’s pioneer of behavioral profiling and modern criminal investigative analysis. After serving as a field investigative agent and hostage negotiator, he was appointed to the Behavioral Science Unit as an instructor at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va. During this time, he undertook the landmark study of incarcerated serial offenders that ultimately led to the FBI’s operational profiling program. He created and led the Investigative Support Unit, where he had overall supervision of profiling, the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (VICAP), and the Arson and Bombing Investigative Service Program. Duringhis tenure, the unit consulted on more than 5,000 violent crimes across the United States and around the world. In addition to his books with Mark Olshaker, Douglas is co-author of
Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives
and the co-creator and lead author of the
Crime Classification Manual
, widely used by law-enforcement agencies and courts. Douglas has personally consulted on thousands of cases worldwide, providing analysis, investigative and prosecution strategies, interview and interrogation techniques, and expert testimony.
JUDGE MICHAEL HEAVEY (RET.) is a decorated Army officer who served in Vietnam. As a Washington State lawmaker, he served eight years in the House, including as chairman of the Commerce and Labor Committee, and six years in the Senate, with a stint as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He also worked as a judge on the King County Superior Court, where he presided over hundreds of criminal and civil cases during his twelve years on the bench. His time as a volunteer championing the innocence of Seattle neighbor Amanda Knox and her Italian co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, has inspired Mike to get involved in the study of wrongful convictions in the U.S. and around the world. Since retiring from the bench in early 2013, Mike has
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