Kermit wrote:
I thought I did, Charlie. I said that there's a scenario where she didn't necessarily get her feet or shoes wet with blood at the moment of the murder for which she has been convicted (pending appeal), because of the relative physical location and distance between her feet and the victim's mortal wounds.
At a slightly later moment, she was in her bare feet (or socks), got them wet with blood (FOA itself says there were blood soaked towels around), and then made the prints.
What you are describing does not explain the evidence. Rinaldi attributed two luminol prints to Amanda - one between the bathroom and Meredith's door, with the toes facing Meredith's door, and a second in Amanda's own room. Where was the bloody towel when Amanda stepped on it? Why are the two footprints in random, different locations?
Given the fact that Raffaele's alibi places Amanda outside of his apartment during the course of the evening, I don't think this scenario is too far fetched to contemplate.
Raffaele retracted that statement as soon as he had a lawyer at his side. When he was questioned by Matteini, he reverted to his original account that he and Amanda spent the whole night at his apartment. That's what he meant when he said "I told a lot of rubbish before."
In any case, that's my speculation.
Exactly. No one has shown that these luminol traces have any relevance to the crime. Their positioning suggests they are not relevant. But the authorities needed evidence against Amanda and Raffaele, so they arbitrarily described these artifacts as "bloody footprints in the corridor," and the media ran with it.
It's clear that Judge Massei, the co-judge, and the jury also found sufficient and convincing evidence to find Amanda and Raffaele guilty. Judge Micheli, in Rudy's sentencing report also made reference to incriminating evidence against Amanda and Raffaele. Several review judges also found the same during the investigative stage.
Yes. The sages of Perugian justice are united. Believe them if you wish.