I don't know if the criminal allegations against Garofano have any substance, but I do know the man is a liar and a forensic fraud.
Let's go through the article in the Sun, starting with this description of Meredith's body:
"Her bra was found ripped off, but when the blood spray from her slashed throat was analysed, it showed it
sprayed in a very neat V shape across her cleavage.
"It was not on the whole of her breasts, as it would have been if she was naked."
This is a lie. The "neat V shape" is a complete fabrication. Aspirated blood droplets were found on Meredith's breasts. The killer began to disrobe her while she was still gasping for breath.
Garofano then says, "Blood spurts over the attackers, which is why the wall is clean, but then Meredith slumps to her knees."
The clothes Amanda was seen wearing on November 1 were found on her bed, and they were tested for blood with negative results. So we are left to wonder if and why she put on special clothing, never recovered, to commit this murder.
Garofano then introduces some factual information:
"We see blood spray across the white cupboard at kneeling height, where Meredith is breathing out the blood that
has welled up in her lungs.
"A little to the left you will notice a pool of blood. Meredith was probably lying down by this point and
bleeding heavily."She was then moved and continued to cough blood, which has sprayed on to the outside of the wardrobe and
on to her chest.
"Meredith bled to death in a lot of pain. The attack was very quick and happened in a small area. The rest of
the room is not disturbed. Her bedside table has a glass of water untouched and a letter perched. If the fight
had been prolonged these things would have moved."
This is exactly correct. The attack was very quick. But it leads Garofano to an arbitrary conclusion:
"That is why the idea of rape is far-fetched. Rape would have taken a long time and Meredith could have put
up a fight. There is also too little DNA evidence to suggest she had been raped."
She couldn't put up a fight if she was slipping into unconsciousness from blood loss and suffocation.
Garofano moves on to the denouement, which all but exonerates Guede:
Garofano says: "Guede said he was sitting on the toilet when he heard the attack. There is evidence he was in
the loo.
"Someone at some point attempts to stem the bleeding from Meredith's neck with a wedge of white towels.
"Guede claims this was him and there is no reason to doubt that. But Guede then helped make the scene look
like a break-in and rape."
Indeed, Guede was most accommodating in this regard. Let's review the physical evidence against Guede found inside the murder room:
- Bloody fingerprints on Meredith's pillow
- Bloody shoe prints on the floor
- DNA inside Meredith's vagina
- DNA on the sleeve of Meredith's sweatshirt
- DNA on Meredith's bra
- DNA on Meredith's purse
Against that, we have Sollecito's DNA on the metal hook of the bra fastener, and absolutely no physical trace of Amanda Knox. And yet this "expert" asserts that they are the primary culprits in this vicious murder, whereas Guede played only a subordinate role.
