Rudy Hermann Guede was convicted of murdering Meredith Kercher in 2008. Her roommate Amanda Knox and Knox’s boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were also convicted of the murder in 2009. But while Guede remained behind bars until 2021, Knox and Sollecito’s convictions were ultimately overturned, The Guardian reported. They were convicted again in 2014 before the decision was overturned by Italy’s highest court.
Per The Daily Beast, Lorenzo Rinaldi, director of the print-identity division of Italy’s forensic police, argued that a footprint outside Kercher’s bedroom belonged to Knox. He also said the bloody footprint on the bathroom rug was not Guede’s — but possibly Sollecito’s. Though Sollecito admitted being in the home after the time of the murder, he denied being involved, as did Knox. Rinaldi also noted that the bloody shoeprint from the pillow under Kerscher’s body aligned with Knox’s shoe size.
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Guede, who claims he had a date with Kerscher but denied killing her, was linked to the murder via DNA found at the scene and on her body, The Telegraph reported.
